Ikhwan al-Safa' : a brotherhood of idealists on the fringe of Orthodox Islam /

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Author / Creator:	Callataÿ, Godefroid de, author.
Imprint:	Oxford, England : Oneworld Publications, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 122 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Makers of the Muslim world
Subject:	Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. Islamic philosophy -- History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11915730

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Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 05, 2016). Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-115) and index. In English.
Summary:	The Ikhwan Al-Safa' or Brethren of Purity were a highly secretive group of tenth-century Shi'ite thinkers, their identities remaining unclear even today. Renowned for creating the legendary Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa, an encyclopedia of philosophical sciences, they proposed a coherent intellectual system that sought to reconcile human reasoning with prophetic revelation. This fascinating survey provides a clear, objective and innovative introduction to the Brethren of Purity and their encyclopedic project, showing its critical place in the history of Arabic science, philosophy and literature.
Other form:	Original version: 1851684042

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