Ibn Miskawayh, the soul, and the pursuit of happiness : the truly happy sage /
Ibn Miskawayh, the Soul, and the Pursuit of Happiness explores the moral philosophy and context of Ibn Miskawayh (932-1030), an advocate of the intellectually cultivated life with a strong religious bent. Though not necessarily a major innovator, he sought through his writings to provide a moral com...
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Ibn Miskawayh-- Philosopher, Historian, Sage
- Setting the Philosophical Stage--Miskawayh and Courtly Civic Humanism
- The Structure of Islamic Medieval Society
- Overview of the European Renaissance and Islamic Humanism
- Al-Fauz al-Asghar (Metaphysics)
- Tajarib al-Umam and Tahdhib al-Aklaq
- Adab and the Belles-Lettres Tradition and Miskawayh's Humanism.