Cargando…
The Nasirean ethics /
"The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia, if not in all mediaeval Islam. It appeared initially in 633/1235 when Tūsī was already a celebrated scholar, scientist, politico-religious propagandist. The work has a special significance as being compos...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Persian |
| Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
2011.
|
| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Iran ;
v. 23. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Translator's introduction. A. Work's significance and special quality
- B. Tusi's life and writings
- C. The present rendering
- D. The work's style
- E. Purpose of present version
- F. Acknowledgements
- G. Bibliography
- Notes to the introduction
- Author's preamble. Exordium
- Circumstances of composition
- Prolegomena
- Scheme of work
- First Discourse: On Ethics. First Division: On Principles. 1. Elementary principles
- 2. The human or rational soul
- 3. The faculties of the human soul
- 4. Man, the noblest being
- 5. The soul's perfection and deficiency
- 6. Wherein lies the soul's perfection
- 7. On good, felicity and perfection
- Second Division: On Ends. 1. Limit, nature and alterability of disposition
- 2. Noblest of disciplines is correction of dispositions
- 3. Classes of virtues and excellences of dispositions
- 4. Species within classes of virtues
- 5. Types of vices
- 6. Virtues and pseudo-virtues
- 7. Justice, noblest of all virtues
- 8. Acquisition of virtues and degrees of felicity
- 9. Preserving the soul's health
- 10. Treating the soul's sicknesses
- Second Discourse: On Economics. 1. On households in general
- 2. Regulation of property and provisions
- 3. Regulation of wives
- 4. Regulation of children
- 4a. Rights of parents
- 5. Government of servants and slaves
- Third Discourse: On Politics. 1. Need for civilization and nature of politics
- 2. On love, connecter of societies
- 3. Divisions of societies and conditions of cities
- 4. Government of realm and manners of kings
- 5. Government of retainers and manners of king's followers
- 6. On friendship and friends
- 7. How to deal with the different classes of mankind
- 8. Testaments attributed to Plato.