Description
The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia, if not in all mediaeval Islam. It appeared initially in 633/1235 when Tūsī was already a celebrated scholar, scientist, politico-religious propagandist. The work has a special significance as being composed by an outstanding figure at a crucial time in the history he was himself helping to shape: some twenty years later Tūsī was to cross the greatest psychological watershed in Islamic civilization, playing a leading part in the capture of Baghdad and the extinction of the generally acknowledged Caliphate there. In this work the author is primarily concerned with the criteria of human behaviour: first in terms of space and priority allotted, at the individual level, secondly, at the economic level and thirdly at the political level.
Author: Nasīr Ad Dīn Tūsi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/27/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781032547091
ISBN10: 103254709X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Regional Studies
- Reference | General
- History | Middle East | Iran
About the Author
Nasīr ad-Dīn Tūsī was a 13th Century Persian polymath. G. M. Wickens was the Founding Chair of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.
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