The Nasirean Ethics (RLE Iran C)

by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Joep Lameer

The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia, if not in all mediaeval Islam. It appeared initially in 633/1235 when Tūsī was already a celebrated scholar, scientist, politico-religious propagandist. The work has a special significance as being composed by an outstanding figure at a crucial time in the history he was himself helping to shape: some twenty years later Tūsī was to cross...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415610478
• ISBN13: 9780415610476
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"