The Arabic Version of Ṭūsī's Nasirean Ethics - With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes

Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's (d. 672/1274) Nasirean Ethics is the single most important work on philosophical ethics in the history of Islam. A fine example of medieval Persian-to-Arabic translation technique, this first edition carefully reproduces Middle Arabic elements that can be found throughout the text.

About the author

Joep Lameer, PhD (1992) in Oriental Studies, Leiden University, is a specialist in the history of medieval philosophy and logic in Arabic and Persian. Author of the award-winning Conception and Belief in Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī (Tehran, 2006), he is presently working on Avicenna.

Product details

• Authors: Joep Lameer
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: Arab
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2015
• EAN: 9789004304505
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30450-5
• No. of pages: 558
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 1043 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics