Muslim Neoplatonists : An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity

Ian Richard Netton

ISBN 10: 0042970431 / ISBN 13: 9780042970431

Published by G. Allen & Unwin, London ; Boston, 1982

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Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. Pages are free from notes or highlighting. A good used copy without significant defects. Size: 22 x 14 cm. x, 146 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Neoplatonism; Islam; Ikhwan al-?afa'; ISBN: 0042970431. ISBN/EAN: 9780042970431. Add. Inventory No: 241010SHY0243824.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Muslim Neoplatonists : An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity
• Publisher: G. Allen & Unwin, London ; Boston
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0042970431
• ISBN 13: 9780042970431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

The tenth or eleventh century group of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al Safa) are as well known in the Arab world as Darwin, Marx and Freud in the west. Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analyzing the impact on them of thinkers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. Ian Netton traces the influences of Judaism and Christianity, and controversially this book argues that the Brethren of Purity did not belong to the Ismaili branch of Islam as is generally believed.