The Elixir of the Gnostics: A parallel English-Arabic text
Language: English
Published by Brigham Young University, USA, 2002
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- Hardcover
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Arabic-English parallel text with introduction and notes. This work of Mulla Sadra (1572-1640) elaborates on an earlier Presian work, The Book of the Everlasting by Baba Afdal. Almost as new. Dj in a clear, protective wrapper. 8vo, xxxvii, 145 + 87 (in Arabic) pp. 620g.
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- Title
- The Elixir of the Gnostics: A parallel English-Arabic text
- Author
- Sadra, Mulla
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University, USA
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0934893705
- ISBN 13
- 9780934893701
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
The underlying theme of Sadra's amplification is emblematic of Muslim philosophy: the importance of self-knowledge in an individual's journey of "Origin and Return," the soul's origins with God and its eventual return to Him. Everything, Sadra says, is on such a path, gradually disengaging from the material world and returning to a transcendent essence—all leading to a final fruition in which everything in the universe returns to God and finds permanent happiness. Philosophy, Sadra argues, is the most direct means to self-knowledge—and thus the best tool for navigating this journey.
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Original Language: Arabic
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