Ep.52-The Brethren of Purity

This episode of the World of Islam introduces the so-called Ikhwan al-Safa (The Brethren of Purity), a group of mysterious thinkers that produced a major encyclopedic philosophical work. We touch on Ismailism and the attempt to unify various forms of knowledge in classical Islam. A History of Islamic Philosophy by Majid FakhryIslamic Philosophy A-Z by Peter S. GroffIslamic Philosophy: an Introduction by Oliver LeamanThe Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy Edited by P. Adamson/R.C. Taylor

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Ep.52-The Brethren of Purity is an episode from The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics by Amine Tais.

This episode is 9:51 long.

This episode was published on Dec 14, 2015.

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