A01=Ian Richard Netton
Al Fa
Al Mahdi
Animal Kingdom
Author_Ian Richard Netton
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comparative religion studies
Corpus Hermeticum
Divisive Climate
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esoteric traditions
Gazelle
Golden Epistle
Greek philosophical influence
Ibn Al Muqaffa
interfaith intellectual history
Islamic philosophy
Kalila Wa Dimna
King Stories
medieval metaphysics
Muslim World
Neoplatonic Hierarchy
Neoplatonised Aristotelianism
Neoplatonism in Islamic thought
Pagan Philosophy
PLATO
Plotinian Hypostases
Posterior Analytics
Prime Matter
Religious Creeds
SAFA
Sponge
Universal Soul
Wa Dimna
Widespread Sectarianism
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780700714667
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The tenth or eleventh century group of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al Safa) are as well known in the Arab world as Darwin, Marx and Freud in the west. Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analyzing the impact on them of thinkers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. Ian Netton traces the influences of Judaism and Christianity, and controversially this book argues that the Brethren of Purity did not belong to the Ismaili branch of Islam as is generally believed.
