Ethics
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The Principle of Non-Resistance - its significance for Christainity and for Ethics, 19 February 1907
An essay written by John Baillie as a student at the University of Edinburgh, examining definitions of and justifications for non-resistance and how this relates to both Ethics and Christianity.
اخلاق محسنی Akhlāq-i muḥsinī, undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)
A complete copy of the well-known work on ethics by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, born ca. 840 A.H. (1436-37 C.E.) died. 910 A.H. (1504-5 C.E.).
In this copy, the folios have been misplaced, and in this instance the work begins in the usual manner on fol. 215.
The scribe gives the date of conclusion of the present copy as the 14th of Muḥarram in the 13th year of the reign of an unnamed monarch.
اخلاق محسنی Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī, 1216 A.H., 1801 C.E.
This is a well-known work on ethics, by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, born ca. 840 A.H. (1436-37 C.E.) died. 910 A.H. (1504-5 C.E.).
اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
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.).
اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.
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.).
تحفة الملوک Tuḥfat al-Mulūk, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)
The work is a short treatise intended for the instruction of princes and rulers, and consists of forty chapters, each containing four different pieces of advice. The author, whose name in this instance is not mentioned, was 'Abd-allāh Muḥammad al-Anṣarī of Herat (d. 481 A.H., 1088 C.E.). From the preface it would appear that the work is a compilation of the wise sayings of old philosophers and statesmen.
ترجمهٔ تهذيب الاخلاق Tarjumah-yi Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, 1081 A.H., 1670 C.E.
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.
منهاج الطالبین Minhāj al-Ṭalibīn, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.
A short treatise containing 145 selected pieces of advice in religious, moral, social, and political matters, 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.). See Or Ms 95 for more of his work.
موارد الکلم وسلک درر الحکم Mawārid al-kilam wa-silk durar al-ḥikam, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
A work on ethics by the celebrated Shaykh Abū al-Fayḍ, eldest son of Shaykh Mubārak Nāgūrī, and brother of the equally celebrated Abū al-Faḍl. He was born at Agra, 954 A.H. (1547 C.E.), and on account of his literary talents became a great favourite with the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.).