The Philosopher Responds An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two【電子書籍】[ Ab? ?ayy?n al-Taw??d? ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Questions and answers from two great philosophers＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Why 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＜br /＞ during the reign of the Buyid dynasty in the fourth/tenth century.＜/p＞ ＜p＞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 thei．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る