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On Astronomia : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 3
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إخوان الصفا author
, Ragep, F. J., editor
, Mimura, Taro, editor
, البزري، نادر، 1966- writer of foreword
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Astronomy, Medieval
/ Islamic philosophy Early works to 1800
/ Astronomy
2015
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On Astronomia : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 3
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, Ragep, F. J., editor
, Mimura, Taro, editor
, البزري، نادر، 1966- writer of foreword
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Astronomy, Medieval
/ Islamic philosophy Early works to 1800
/ Astronomy
2015
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Overview
The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity' is an encyclopedic compendium, probably composed in tenth-century Iraq by a society of adepts with Platonic, Pythagorean, and Shi'i tendencies. Its 52 sections ('epistles') are divided into four parts (Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, and Theology). The current volume provides an edition, translation, and notes to Epistle 3 ('On Astronomia'), which forms one of the 14 sections on Mathematics. The content is a mixture of elementary astronomy and astrology, but it is not a beginner's textbook. Rather, the purpose is to use examples from those disciplines to provide spiritual, moral, and soteriological guidance. Thus the Epistle uses the argument from design to show the necessity for a Creator who made the harmonious universe; this wondrous design is then employed by the authors as a model, providing humans with a paradigm for proper ethical, political, and even economic conduct; and the study of Astronomia helps the soul achieve ultimate happiness as it seeks to throw off the shackles of this mundane world and oppressive body in favour of the purity of the celestial realm.0Although by no means typical of Islamic astronomical literature, Epistle 3 of the Brethren of Purity gives a window into a fascinating and intriguing group operating during the early period of Islam who sought to continue and adopt one of the esoteric strands of Hellenistic philosophy within an Islamic context, meshing astronomy, astrology, Platonic-Pythagorean philosophy, Quranic and Biblical quotations, and anecdotes from the lives of the Abrahamic prophets.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies,Saqi Books
ISBN
9780198747376, 0198747373
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| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
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| B 746 .A35 I34 2015 | 1 | BOOK | AUTOSTORE |
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