The Polished Mirror : Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part One: Islamic Philosophy -- Chapter One: The Humors (Al-Akhlāṭ) and Character Traits (Al-Akhlāq) According to the Brethren of Purity -- Chapter Two: Virtue Ethics in Avicenna's Philosophical Allegories...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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La Vergne : Oneworld Publications,
2017
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| Schlagworte: | Virtue Islamic philosophy Sufism Virtues in literature Islamic ethics Virtues Electronic books Sufismus Islamische Philosophie Islam |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part One: Islamic Philosophy -- Chapter One: The Humors (Al-Akhlāṭ) and Character Traits (Al-Akhlāq) According to the Brethren of Purity -- Chapter Two: Virtue Ethics in Avicenna's Philosophical Allegories -- Chapter Three: The Virtues, from Philosophy to Scripture: Refining Character Traits in Miskawayh and Ghazālī -- Chapter Four: Reason, Revelation, and Discovering the Virtuous in IBN Ṭufayl's Literary Thought Experiment -- Chapter Five: From Humors to Pure Light: Knowledge and Virtue in the Allegories of Suhrawardī -- Part Two: Sufism -- Chapter Six: The Soul's Constant Returning: Repentance (Tawba) in the Sufi Legacy of Jaʿfar Al-Ṣādiq -- Chapter Seven: Distancing Oneself from the Worldly: Renunciation (Zuhd) According to Al-Muḥāsibī and Al-SarrāJ -- Chapter Eight: Self-Awareness that Leads to Self-Loss: Futuwwa as a Compound Virtue in the Legacy of Anṣārī -- Chapter Nine: The Completion of Ethics: Self-Annihilation (Fanāʾ) Through the Lens of ʿaṭṭār -- Chapter Ten: Virtue in the Narrative Poetry of Rūmī -- Conclusion: A Brief Case for Relevance -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781786072023 1786072025 |