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Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice (World Thought in Translation)
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- Condition
- Very Good
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- Book Title
- Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice (World Thought
- ISBN
- 9780300203691
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300203691
ISBN-13
9780300203691
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038259876
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Publication Name
Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice
Language
English
Subject
Religious, Comparative Religion, General, World / Middle Eastern
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Political Science, Philosophy
Series
World Thought in Translation Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-932776
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A lucid translation of an important text in the Illuminationist tradition, accompanied by valuable notes and commentary."--Ali Gheissari, University of San Diego "This book marks a milestone in scholarship on the interactions of Muslim and Jewish philosophy during the pre-modern period. Tzvi Langermann's annotated translation masterfully analyzes Ibn Kammuna's concise treatise of theoretical and practical philosophy, rendering it accessible to the modern reader."--Sabine Schmidtke, Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, Institute for Advanced Study "A fascinating introduction to the thought of one of the most intriguing figures in Islamicate philosophy of the 13th century. A fine addition to the canon of post-classical philosophy in the Islamic world."--John Walbridge, Indiana University
Dewey Decimal
200
Synopsis
Surprisingly modern essays on the unity of all monotheistic regimens by a medieval philosopher Written in the midthirteenth century for the newly appointed governor of Isfahan, this compact treatise and philosophical guidebook includes a wideranging and accessible set of essays on ethics, psychology, political philosophy, and the unity of God. Ibn Kammuna,a Jewish scholar writing in Baghdad during a time of Mongol occupation, was a controversial figure whose writings sometimes incited riots. He argued, among other things, the commonality of all monotheisms, both prophetic and philosophical. Here, for the first time in English, is a surprisingly modern work on the unity of all monotheistic regimes from a key medieval philosopher., Surprisingly modern essays on the unity of all monotheistic regimens by a medieval philosopher Written in the mid-thirteenth century for the newly appointed governor of Isfahan, this compact treatise and philosophical guidebook includes a wide-ranging and accessible set of essays on ethics, psychology, political philosophy, and the unity of God. Ibn Kammuna, a Jewish scholar writing in Baghdad during a time of Mongol occupation, was a controversial figure whose writings sometimes incited riots. He argued, among other things, the commonality of all monotheisms, both prophetic and philosophical. Here, for the first time in English, is a surprisingly modern work on the unity of all monotheistic regimes from a key medieval philosopher.
LC Classification Number
BL75.I2613 2019
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