On God and the World: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 49-51

by إخوان الصفا

The Brethren of Purity, the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198823339
• ISBN13: 9780198823339
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"