ebook img

The Path to Virtue: The Ethical Philosophy of Al-Raghib Al-Esfahani. An Annotated Translation with critical introduction of Kitab Al-Dhari’ah ila Makarim Al-Shariah PDF

614 Pages·2016·20.49 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview The Path to Virtue: The Ethical Philosophy of Al-Raghib Al-Esfahani. An Annotated Translation with critical introduction of Kitab Al-Dhari’ah ila Makarim Al-Shariah

10/12/09 10:43:15 AM THE PATH TO VIRTUE: THE ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY OF AL-RĀGHIB AL-IṢFAHĀNĪ An annotated translation, with Critical Introduction, of Kitāb al-Dharī'ah ilā Makārim al-Sharī'ah Painting: Zaida Mohamed ERRATA p. 92, lines 12-16, read: Thus, the Mufradāt came after al-Dharī‘ah, and the Muhāḍarāt came before them both. This confirms the above analysis that the Mufradāt was Iṣfahānī’s later work. p. 99, line 23 - p. 100, line 4, read: Thus, the Mīzān came after the Mi‘yār. The Mi‘yār was finished between 488/1095 and 499/1105, so the Mīzān must have come after this date, which puts it some time after Ghazzālī’s retreat into Sufism (488/1095 and 499/1105). However, the Mīzān never quotes the Iḥyā’. Madelung concurs with the view that the Mīzān came before the Iḥyā’. This indicates that the Mīzān was written not long after Ghazzālī began to embrace Sufi thought, making it a transitional work, bridging his philosophical and Sufi periods. p. 160, line 17, read: speculative knowledge (naẓar). [The footnote does not correspond with this meaning, and will be corrected in a new edition of the book]. p. 343, lines 14-15, read: The distinction between a mistake and a misfortune is also evident in Iṣfahānī. p. 368, lines 21-22, read: The first sentence in the above two passages are almost identical in wording. p. 369, line 24, read: the goodness of his smell will be attached to you. p. 401, lines 7-11, read: This real enjoyment will free man from attachment to matter, nature, the infernal depths of the material world and the corruption of the world of spirits, and he will dwell in this state of enjoyment and happiness forever. p. 408, lines 18-20, read: and the importance of labour. Ibn Khaldūn’s idea about the unnaturalness of political professions and government positions, and the notion that sloth arises from a sedentary life-style, are original aspects of his thought. p. 426, lines 18-19, read: if there had not been some good in it. ERRATA (continued) p. 432, line 19, read: whose discourse about the life of this world pleases you. p. 457, lines 15-16, read: according to the pattern of everything in this world. p. 458, lines 13-16, read: Fourthly, the faculty of longing, by which one yearns for what is agreeable, flees from what is disagreeable, and experiences pleasure, aggression, adoration and hatred. p. 461, line 14, read: God [80] mentioned the heart along with hearing and seeing. p. 521 footnote 236: The text of this footnote is missing. The text for footnote 237 is in its place. All subsequent footnotes [pp. 521-544] are displaced as a consequence.

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.