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1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
"The present volume is substantially as it appeared in 1982"--Page [xi]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-142) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE TO THIS EDITION; Chapter One The Ikhwān al-Safā' and their Rasā'il; Chapter Two The Legacy of Greece 1; Pythagoras; Plato; Aristotle; Chapter Three The Legacy of Greece 2 Neoplatonism; Chapter Four The Christian and Judaic Substrate; Christianity and the Rasā'il; Judaism and the Rasā'il; Chapter Five Uses of Literature; The Cloak of the Qur'ān; Indian Literature; Chapter Six The Ikhwān al-Safā' and the Ismā'īlīs; Conclusion The Ship of Salvation; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES. |
| Summary |
The tenth or eleventh century group of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al Safa) are as well known in the Arab world as Darwin, Marx and Freud in the west. Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analyzing the impact on them of thinkers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. Ian Netton traces the influences of Judaism and Christianity, and controversially this book argues that the Brethren of Purity did not belong to the Ismaili branch of Islam as is generally believed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ikhwān al-Ṛafāʼ.
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Ikhwān al-Ṛafāʼ. |
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Islamic philosophy.
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Islamic philosophy. |
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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Philosophy, Medieval. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ikhwān al-Ṛafāʼ.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Netton, Ian Richard. Muslim neoplatonists 0700714669 (OCoLC)50938657 |
| ISBN |
9781136853906 (electronic book) |
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1136853901 (electronic book) |
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0700714669 |
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9780700714667 |
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