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On Music
An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 5
Edited and translated by Owen Wright
408 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-959398-9
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Hardback
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13 January 2011
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- First critical edition of the original Arabic text
- Bilingual format presents Arabic and English text within the same volume
- The Epistles is a classic work of medieval Islamic learning
The Ikhwan al-Safa' (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity). This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory parts, it treats themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and theology, in addition to didactic fables. The Rasa'il constitutes a paradigmatic legacy in the canonization of philosophy and the sciences in mediaeval Islamic
civilization, and has also shown a permeating influence in Western culture.
This is the third volume in a series presenting the very first critical edition of the Rasa'il in its original Arabic, complete with the first fully annotated English translation. Epistle 5: On Music examines not just the technical, scientific, and mathematical aspects of music, but its cosmic, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. Music completed the classical training of the quadrivium (the sine qua non for further studies in philosophy and theology), and, as with other epistles of this group, there is much emphasis on numeric proportions and the underlying cosmic order of the universe. Technical concepts such as rhythm, tone, metre, and melody, along with the lute and its tunings as these relate to
the fourfold Galenic theory, lead to a consideration of the psychological applications and the ultimately spiritual nature of music.Readership: Students and scholars in the domains of medieval philosophy, musicology, Islamic studies, history of ideas in Mediaeval Islamic civilization, classics, and theology
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Edited and translated by Owen Wright, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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"The publications that are planned within this project will no doubt rekindle the interest of scholars and students of Islam in Islam's rich cultural, educational and historical legacy ... The work of the Ikhwan al-Safa, like many other works that make up the classical Muslim educational thought, need to be seriously studied and reflected upon. This new publication project contributes immensely towards realizing this educational aim." - Abdullah Sahin, Muslim World Book Review - about Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series
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Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Epistle 5: On Music
Bibliography
Index
Risãla 5 (Arabic Text & Variants)
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