Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part I
An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 32-36
Series: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 January 2016
- ISBN 9780198758280
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages496 pages
- Size 240x179x32 mm
- Weight 922 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume comprises Epistles 32 to 36 of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, which explore the sciences of the soul and intellect. The authors of this encyclopaedic work herein delineate their metaphysical system, from cosmogony to the human being's relation to the rest of the universe, and celestial influences on the sub-lunar world.
MoreLong description:
The Ikhwan al-Safa (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity). This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory parts, it treats themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and theology, in addition to didactic fables.
Epistles 32 to 36 comprise the first five treatises in the third division of the Rasa'il, on the sciences of the soul and intellect. Combining Islamic revelation with Hellenistic philosophy, the Ikhwan delineate herein their metaphysical system. Epistles 32 and 33 present adaptations of the Pythagorean doctrines, and of Neo-Platonist leitmotifs, whereby a numerical analogy is applied to the unique and transcendent God, or the One, from whom all existence emanates. Epistle 34 takes up the pervasive theme of the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm, situating the human being as the central link between the celestial and terrestrial realms. In Epistle 35, we find an explanation of the intellectual faculties of the individual human soul, whose ultimate aim is ascension to the timeless reality of pure intellect. Finally, Epistle 36 presents itself as the astrological epistle par excellence of the Rasa'il; from the coming-to-be of worms, to the emergence of religions and empires, nothing in the sub-lunar sphere escapes the determining influence of the celestial cycles.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Epistles 32 and 33
Introduction
English Translation
Epistle 34
Introduction
English Translation
Epistle 35
Introduction
English Translation
Epistle 36
Introduction
English Translation
English Appendices
Index
Bibliography
Arabic Edition of Rasa'il 32-36
Arabic Appendices
Arabic Index
