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Ikhwan al-Safa': A Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam (Makers of the Muslim World) by [Godefroid de Callatay]

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The Ikhwan Al- Safa' or Brethren of Purity were a highly secretive group of tenth-century Shi'ite thinkers, their identities remaining unclear even today. Renowned for creating the legendary Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa, an encyclopedia of philosophical sciences, they proposed a coherent intellectual system that sought to reconcile human reasoning with prophetic revelation.

This fascinating survey provides a clear, objective and innovative introduction to the Brethren of Purity and their encyclopedic project, showing its critical place in the history of Arabic science, philosophy and literature.

Length: 145 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Its style is eloquent and lucid, and its arguments are coherent and delicately articulated.The text is informative and its reading enjoyable as well as engaging.-- "Nader el-Bizri - The Institute of Ismaili Studies" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Author Godefroid de Callatay is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Louvain. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B00C0TZS7Y
Publisher : Oneworld Academic (1 December 2012)
Language : English
File size : 1129 KB
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Print length : 145 pages

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Yusuf

This is actually a very good book at a very reasonable price for anyone

Reviewed in the United States on 19 April 2017

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This is actually a very good book at a very reasonable price for anyone, like myself, new to the subject of the Ikhwan al-Safa. I first became aware of this highly secretive and influential group of thinkers through reading Seyyed Hossein Nasr's, "Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines." He referenced this book and author several times which prompted me to purchase it, and I'm glad I did.

B. Sajjad

Incomplete overview of ikhwan al-safa...disappointing...

Reviewed in the United States on 8 April 2008

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The author tries to explain the contents of a great piece of literature, Ikwan al-Safa, but was not able to do so effectively. The author either did not understand the original text or did not spend much time researching it.
This book tries to explain the content of Ikwan al-safa, chapter by chapter, but in a very minimal fashion. Some sections of the Ikwan al-Safa are simply skipped, declared as being too complex.
I wished the author had included some of the original diagrams from ikhwan al-safa and then added his interpretation side by side.

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