The Nasirean Ethics (RLE Iran C) (Routledge Library Editions: Iran) - Hardcover

Tūsi, Nasīr Ad Dīn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415610478 ISBN 13: 9780415610476

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia, if not in all mediaeval Islam. It appeared initially in 633/1235 when Tūsī was already a celebrated scholar, scientist, politico-religious propagandist. The work has a special significance as being composed by an outstanding figure at a crucial time in the history he was himself helping to shape: some twenty years later Tūsī was to cross the greatest psychological watershed in Islamic civilization, playing a leading part in the capture of Baghdad and the extinction of the generally acknowledged Caliphate there. In this work the author is primarily concerned with the criteria of human behaviour: first in terms of space and priority allotted, at the individual level, secondly, at the economic level and thirdly at the political level.

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About the Author

Nasīr ad-Dīn Tūsī was a 13th Century Persian polymath. G. M. Wickens was the Founding Chair of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415610478
• ISBN 13: 9780415610476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352