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Ethics

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Or Ms 261: ترجمهٔ تهذيب الاخلاق Tarjumah-yi Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, 1081 A.H., 1670 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 261
Scope and Contents

A treatise on ethics and practical philosophy.


The author's name is not given, but the title and chapter headings indicate that this is a Persian translation the Arabic work Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, (also called Ṭahārat al-nafs) by Abū ‘Alī Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Miskawayh (d. 421 A.H., 1030 C.E.), known as Ibn Miskawayh.

Dates: 1081 A.H.; 1670 C.E.

Or Ms 262: اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 262
Scope and Contents

A famous treatise on ethics, by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, known as Naṣīr-i Ṭūsī, who was born, 597 A.H. (1201 C.E.) and died, 672 A.H. (1274 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)