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Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice / Sa'd ibn Mansur Ibn Kammuna al-Baghdadi; Andrew March.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibn Kammūnah, Saʻd ibn Manṣūr, active 13th century, Author.
- Series:
- World thought in translation.
- Yale scholarship online.
- World Thought in Translation
- Standardized Title:
- Kalimāt wajīza. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- God--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- God.
- Soul--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Soul.
- Worship--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Worship.
- Leadership--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Leadership.
- Jewish philosophers--Iraq--History--To 1500.
- Jewish philosophers.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Surprisingly modern essays on the unity of all monotheistic regimens by a medieval philosopher Written in the mid†'thirteenth century for the newly appointed governor of Isfahan, this compact treatise and philosophical guidebook includes a wide†'ranging and accessible set of essays on ethics, psychology, political philosophy, and the unity of God. Ibn KammŠ«na,a Jewish scholar writing in Baghdad during a time of Mongol occupation, was a controversial figure whose writings sometimes incited riots. He argued, among other things, the commonality of all monotheisms, both prophetic and philosophical. Here, for the first time in English, is a surprisingly modern work on the unity of all monotheistic regimes from a key medieval philosopher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translator's Introduction
- Part I: On Knowledge
- First Gate
- Synopsis and Commentary
- The Governor of the World
- Second Gate
- Features of the Immaterial Soul
- Part II: On Practice
- The Improvement of the State of the Soul
- The Welfare of Friends, Family, and Flock
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Translated from the Arabic.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780300249569
- 030024956X
- OCLC:
- 1122455593
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