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Muslim Neoplatonists: An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity

Muslim Neoplatonists: An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity

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PhilosophyIslamGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0700714669
ISBN13: 9780700714667
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 15 2002
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.58 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.

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