This is the first critical edition of the best-known epistle of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa), a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad. It features an ecological fable on man's exploitation of animals, preceded by a short exposition on zoology.
This is the first critical edition of the best-known epistle of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa), a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad. It features an ecological fable on man's exploitation of animals, preceded by a short exposition on zoology.
Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Richard McGregor is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Islamic Studies at Vanderbilt University.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Introduction Technical Introduction Epistle 22: The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn Appendix A: Authorities Cited Appendix B: Geographical Regions Appendix C: Iranian Kings and Heroes Bibliography Index Risala 22 (Arabic Text and Variants)
Foreword Introduction Technical Introduction Epistle 22: The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn Appendix A: Authorities Cited Appendix B: Geographical Regions Appendix C: Iranian Kings and Heroes Bibliography Index Risala 22 (Arabic Text and Variants)
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