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On Music: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 5 (2011)

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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. The Rasa'il constitutes a paradigmatic legacy in the canonization of philosophy and the sciences in mediaeval Islamic civilization, and has also shown a permeating influence in Western culture.

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Authors & Contributors
King, David A.
El-Bizri, Nader
Callataÿ, Godefroid de
Violet Moller
Zaker Jafari, Narges
Yücesoy, Hayrettin
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Translations
Mathematics
Philosophy
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Medicine
Time Periods
10th century
Medieval
9th century
17th century
16th century
11th century
Places
Baghdad (Iraq)
Salerno (Italy)
Córdoba (Spain)
Toledo (Spain)
Central Asia
Florence (Italy)
Institutions
Ikhwān al-Ṣafā (Brethren of Purity)
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