The Philosopher Responds - An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two

Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi (d. 414/1023) was a prominent litterateur and philosopher in
Baghdad.
Abu 'Ali Miskawayh (ca. 320/932-421/1030) was a philosopher and historian born in Rayy.

About the author

Ab¿ ¿ayy¿n al-Taw¿¿d¿ (Author)

Ab¿ ¿ayy¿n al-Taw¿¿d¿ (d. 414/1023) was a prominent litterateur and philosopher in Baghdad.

Ab¿ ¿Al¿ Miskawayh (Author)

Ab¿ ¿Al¿ Miskawayh (ca. 320-421/932-1030) was a philosopher and historian born in Rayy.

Bilal Orfali (Editor)

Bilal Orfali is Professor and Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut and previously held the M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies at the Ohio State University. He specializes in Arabic literature, Sufism, and Qur'anic Studies. He co-edits al-Abhath Journal and Brill's series Texts and Studies on the Qur'an. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Arabic Studies. His recent publications include The Anthologist's Art (Brill, 2016), The Book of Noble Character (Brill, 2015), The Comfort of the Mystics (Brill, 2013), Sufism, Black and White (Brill, 2012), and In the Shadow of Arabic (Brill, 2011).

Maurice A. Pomerantz (Editor)

Maurice A. Pomerantz is Associate Professor of Literature at New York University Abu Dhabi. He is the author of Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-Sahib b. 'Abbad.

Sophia Vasalou (Translator)

Sophia Vasalou is Senior Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow in Philosophical Theology at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Moral Agents and their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics, Wonder: A Grammar, and Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics.

James E. Montgomery (Translator)

James E. Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His latest publications are Fate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems, and Kal¿lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice, with Michael Fishbein.

Product details

• Authors: Al-Taw&, Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi, Ab& Miskawayh, Abu 'Ali Miskawayh
• Assisted by: Bilal Orfali (Editor), Maurice A Pomerantz (Editor), Maurice A. Pomerantz (Editor), James E Montgomery (Translation), James E. Montgomery (Translation), Sophia Vasalou (Translation)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781479834600
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-3460-0
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature; Library of Arabic Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; 500 bis 1000 nach Christus