{"product_id":"9781851684045-mmw-ikhwan-al-safa","title":"Ikhwan al-Safa'","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronicling the work of 'The Brethren of Purity', a 4th-century group of encyclopaedists who tried to reconcile reason and faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ikhwan Al- Safa' or Brethren of Purity were a highly secretive group of tenth-century Shi'ite thinkers, their identities remaining unclear even today. Renowned for creating the legendary Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa, an encyclopedia of philosophical sciences, they proposed a coherent intellectual system that sought to reconcile human reasoning with prophetic revelation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This fascinating survey provides a clear, objective and innovative introduction to the Brethren of Purity and their encyclopedic project, showing its critical place in the history of Arabic science, philosophy and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40877826310241,"sku":"9781851684045","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28328821.jpg?v=1722502798","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781851684045-mmw-ikhwan-al-safa","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}