
Ikhwan al-Safa'
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.
- Alaotsikko
- A Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam
- Kirjailija
- Godefroid de Callatay
- ISBN
- 9781851684045
- Kieli
- englanti
- Paino
- 327 grammaa
- Julkaisupäivä
- 22.2.2006
- Kustantaja
- Oneworld Publications
- Sivumäärä
- 160