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From Ēthos to Aḫlāq: The Transmission and Reception of Greek Ethical Literature in the Islamic World

From Ēthos to Aḫlāq: The Transmission and Reception of Greek Ethical Literature in the Islamic World

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Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, Book 140

Philosophy

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ISBN10: 9004774009
ISBN13: 9789004774001
Publisher: Brill
Language: Arabic
It is well known that translations from Greek into Arabic played a crucial role in the development of philosophical thought in the Islamic world. Yet the trajectory of the transmitted concepts and theories in Islamic thought remains underexplored. Centering on moral philosophy, this book examines how ancient Greek ethical literature was transmitted and received by key classical Islamic thinkers--al-Kindī, al-Rāzī, Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, the Iḫwān al-Ṣafāʾ, al-Fārābī, Ibn Miskawayh, and Ibn Sīnā. Through a comparative reading of Greek and Arabic texts, it offers a comprehensive analysis of the reception of central ethical concepts and problems within the Islamic intellectual tradition.

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