An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy; Kitab Ta'dil Hay'at Al-Aflak of Sadr Al-Shari'a. Edited with Translation and Commentary by Ahmad S. Dallal (English, Arabic Edition)
Language: English
Published by Brill, 1995
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Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1995. Hardcover (clothbound) with dust jacket. 24,5 x 16 cm. VIII, 461 pages - [near] FINE COPY * ** Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, Tests and Studies Vol XXIII. [Filosofie / Philosophy [Filosofie] Islam Theologie / Theology [Theologie / Kerkgeschiedenis] ].
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- Title
- An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy; Kitab Ta'dil Hay'at Al-Aflak of Sadr Al-Shari'a. Edited with Translation and Commentary by Ahmad S. Dallal (English, Arabic Edition)
- Author
- DALLAL, AHMAD S.
- Publisher
- Brill
- Publication year
- 1995
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9004099689
- ISBN 13
- 9789004099685
This work elucidates the development and achievement of the long tradition of reforming Ptolemaic astronomy. It corroborates other evidence that scientific creativity persisted well beyond the eleventh century, a period often viewed as an age of cultural decline and stagnation. sadr al-Sharī'a's knowledge of and competence in a diverse variety of disciplines is a compelling example of the state of education and level of scholarship in a fourteenth-century Muslim urban setting.
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