The Reformation of Morals
A Parallel Arabic-English
Yahya Ibn Adi
Griffith, Sidney Harrison (TRN)
Yah'Ya Ibn, Adi
Griffith, Sidney Harrison
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Under the title The Reformation of Morals, the tenth-century Syrian Orthodox scholar Yahya ibn 'Adi offered encouragement to the effort to promote moral perfection, especially among kings and other members of the social elite: his tract, on the social virtues and vices, gives extensive advice about the cultivation of the former and the extirpation of the latter. Where there are many echoes of Hellenistic moral philosophy in his presentation, the topical profile of the work and the language the author uses reveal his participation in the Baghdad circle of philosophers and intellectualsboth Christian and Muslimwho were responsible for much that has come to be regarded as typical of the classical culture of the Islamic world. In fact, this text has occasionally been attributed to one or another famous Muslim author. It now stands as an important Christian contribution, in Arabic, to a strand of moral philosophy that is an integral component of the intellectual tradition of the world of Islam.
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ISBN: 0934893691
ISBN(13-digit): 9780934893695
Dewey Decimal: 241/.04163
Library of Congress: 2002013257
Book Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 133
Paper Weight (lb): 0.95
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