Epistles of the Brethern of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51
First Statement of Responsibility
\ edited and translated by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril V. Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Foreword by Nader El- Bizri
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New York
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: Oxford University Press
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiii, 469 , 370 p
SERIES
Series Title
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
GENERAL NOTES
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Text in English and Arabic
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This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles
NOTES PERTAINING TO RELATED TITLES
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رسائل اخوان الصفاء و خلان الوفاء ۴۹-۵۱: الرساله الثامنه الی الرساله العاشره من القسم الرابع فی الناموسیه الالهیه