The Philosopher Responds An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century.

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Questions and answers from two great philosophersWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: al-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyān
Otros Autores: Miskawayh, Abū ʻAlī, Vasalou, Sophia, Montgomery, James E., Rée, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2021.
Colección:Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Temas:
Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, > active 10th century > Correspondence.
Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > -1030 > Correspondence.
Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, > active 10th century
Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > -1030
To 1258
Authors, Arab > To 1258 > Correspondence.
Philosophers > Iran > 10th century > Correspondence.
Islamic philosophy > Early works to 1800.
Écrivains arabes > Jusqu'à 1258 > Correspondance.
Philosophes > Iran > 10e siècle > Correspondance.
Philosophie islamique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.
Authors, Arab
Islamic philosophy
Philosophers
Iran
Early works
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Questions and answers from two great philosophersWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The Philosopher Responds is the record of a set of questions put by the litterateur Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī to the philosopher and historian Abū ʻAlī Miskawayh. Both figures were foremost contributors to the remarkable flowering of cultural and intellectual life that took place in the Islamic world during the reign of the Buyid dynasty in the fourth/tenth century.The correspondence between al-Tawḥīdī and Miskawayh holds a mirror to many of the debates of the time and reflects the spirit of rationalistic inquiry that animated their era. It also provides insight into the intellectual outlooks of two thinkers who were divided as much by their distinctive temperaments as by the very different trajectories of their professional careers. Alternately whimsical and tragic, trivial and profound, al-Tawḥīdī's questions provoke an interaction as interesting in its spiritedness as in its content.An English-only edition.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
On the meaning of certain prepositional expressions concerning God.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (447 p.).
ISBN:9781479806393
1479806390

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