On life, death, and languages : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 29-31 (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity)

On life, death, and languages : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 29-31

(Epistles of the Brethren of Purity)

Call No. (NDL): HB181-P63
Bibliographic ID of National Diet Library: 032013886

Material type: 図書

Author: edited and translated by Eric Ormsby, foreword by Nader El-Bizri.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication date: 2021.

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: xxiii, 231, 128 pages ; 24 cm.

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Note (General)：: "in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies."Title also in Arabic.English and Arabic versions bound back-to-back.

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9780198858140 (hardcover)
0198858140 (hardcover)
Title: On life, death, and languages : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 29-31
Author/Editor: edited and translated by Eric Ormsby, foreword by Nader El-Bizri.
Series Title: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Title Heading: Rasāʼil. 29-31. English
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. Rasāʼil. English.
Author Heading: Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ.
Ormsby, Eric L. (Eric Linn), 1941-
El-Bizri, Nader.
Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Oxford : Oxford University Press (出版)
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2021
Extent: xxiii, 231, 128 pages
Size: 24 cm.
Alternative Title: On life, death, and languages: epistles 29-31
Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
Text Language Code: eng
ara
Genre/Form Terms: Sources.
Content Type: txt : text
Media Type: n : unmediated
Carrier Type: nc : volume
Subject Heading: Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. Rasāʼil.
Islamic philosophy--Sources.
Rasāʼil (Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ)
Islamic philosophy.
LCC: B746
DDC: 181.07
NDLC: HB181
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): "in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies."
Title also in Arabic.
English and Arabic versions bound back-to-back.
Note (Content): 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 accounts0of 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.0The three epistles in this volume are among the most accessible and appealing of the Brethren of Purity's treatises. In their down-to-earth yet elegant style, they present age-old teachings on three fundamental issues: the nature of death, and what this means for body and soul; the truth about pleasure and pain, both physical and spiritual; and the multiplicity of human languages and their origins, beginning with a discussion of natural and mechanical sounds and proceeding to human speech. Rich with metaphors and illustrative parables, here we find outstanding examples of adab in the Arabic literary tradition, refined and genial philosophical discourses that reveal a high degree of sophistication and considerable literary flair.
Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index.
Holding library: 国立国会図書館
Call No.: HB181-P63
Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書
https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
Bibliographic ID (NDL): 032013886
http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/032013886
OCLC No.: 1242932122
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1242932122
Cataloging Rule: RDA
Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211