TY  - GEN
T1  - The philosopher responds : an intellectual correspondence from the tenth century.
T2  - Library of Arabic literature.
A1  - Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, active 10th century
A1  - Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1030
A2  - Stewart, Devin J.
A2  - Urfahʹlī, Bilāl
A2  - Pomerantz, Maurice A.
A2  - Vasalou, Sophia
A2  - Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962-
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1124616965
AB  - Questions and answers from two great philosophersWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The Philosopher Responds is the record of a set of questions put by the litterateur Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi to the philosopher and historian Abu 'Ali Miskawayh. Both figures were foremost contributors to the remarkable flowering of cultural and intellectual life that took place in the Islamic world during the reign of the Buyid dynasty in the fourth/tenth century. The correspondence between al-Tawhidi and Miskawayh holds a mirror to many of the debates and preoccupations of the time and reflects the spirit of rationalistic inquiry that animated their era. It also provides insight into the intellectual outlooks of two thinkers who were divided as much by their distinctive temperaments as by the very different trajectories of their professional careers. Alternately whimsical and tragic, wondering and brooding, trivial and profound, al-Tawhidi's questions provoke an interaction as interesting in its spiritedness as in its content. This new edition of The Philosopher Responds is accompanied by the first full-length English translation of this important text, bringing this interaction to life for the English reader.
NO  - On why we are more likely to heed a preacher who practices what he preaches
CN  - PJ7750.A26 H313 2019
SN  - 9781479865444
SN  - 1479865443
KW  - Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, : active 10th century. : Correspondence.
KW  - Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, : -1030. : Correspondence.
KW  - Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, : -1030 : Correspondence.
KW  - Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, : active 10th century : Correspondence.
KW  - Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, : -1030 : Correspondence.
KW  - Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, ʻAlī ibn Muhammad, : active 10th century : Correspondence.
KW  - Authors, Arab : To 1258 : Correspondence.
KW  - Philosophers : Iran : 10th century : Correspondence.
KW  - Islamic philosophy : Early works to 1800.
KW  - Écrivains arabes : Jusqu'à 1258 : Correspondance.
KW  - Philosophes : Iran : 10e siècle : Correspondance.
KW  - Philosophie islamique : Ouvrages avant 1800.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : General.
KW  - Authors, Arab
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - Philosophers
KW  - Iran
KW  - To 1258
KW  - Early works
KW  - Personal correspondence
ER  -