Muslim Neoplatonists
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity (Islamic Surveys)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: April 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780748602513
Subjects: Islamic studies; Non-Western philosophy; Philosophy of religion; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Islamic Philosophy; Religion - World Religions; Philosophy; Islam - General; Religion
First sentence: The group of medieval Arab philosophers known to Islamic history as the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa') has rightly been described as both an 'obscure puzzle' and a 'padlocked treasure'.