The Philosopher Responds : : An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century / / Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh.
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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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- About this Paperback
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Map: Buyid and Neighboring Lands
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- The Philosopher Responds
- In the name of God, the Merciful. I ask God for assistance
- On the differences between a number of similar words - On moral change and acting out of character
- On the meaning of a certain saying concerning God’s beneficence - On why excellent souls find repose in the truth and find falsehood repugnant
- On a question put by Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb concerning why animals are generated inside plants but plants are not generated inside animals - On the possibility that a person may abandon every belief he adopts ad infinitum
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Translators
- The Library of Arabic Literature