Epistles of the Brethren of Purity : On companionship and belief. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 43-45 /

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 �...

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Corporate Authors: Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ (Author), Institute of Ismaili Studies
Other Authors: Traboulsi, Samer F., 1972- (Editor), Mayer, Toby (Editor), Netton, Ian Richard (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2016.
Series:Epistles of the Brethren of Purity.
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