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Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice (Kalimāt wajīza mushtamila ‘alā nukat laṭīfa fī al-‘ilm wa-l-‘amal) Sa‘d ibn Mansur Ibn Kammūna al-Baghdādī; Translated by Y. Tzvi Langermann Summary Written in the mid-thirteenth century for the newly appointed governor of Isfahan, this compact treatise and philosophical guidebook includes a wide-ranging and accessible set of essays on ethics, psychology, political philosophy, and the unity of God. Ibn Kammuna,a Jewish scholar writing in Baghdad during a time of Mongol occupation, was a controversial figure whose writings sometimes incited riots. He argued, among other things, the commonality of all monotheisms, both prophetic and philosophical. Here, for the first time in English, is a surprisingly modern work on the unity of all monotheistic regimes from a key medieval philosopher. Publication Information
Synopsis and Commentary (PART I. On Knowledge, First Gate) Chapter One: Preface (PART I. On Knowledge, First Gate) Synopsis and Commentary (PART I. On Knowledge, Second Gate) Synopsis and Commentary (PART II. On Practice, First Gate) Chapter Two: On fear of God and guarding the exterior limbs (PART II. On Practice, First Gate) |