An Ancient Virtue and Its Heirs: The Reception of Greatness of Soul in the Arabic Tradition
This essay examines the reception of the ancient virtue of greatness of soul (or magnanimity) in the Arabic tradition, touching on a range of figures but focusing especially on Miskawayh and even more concertedly on al-Ghazālī. Influenced by a number of Greek ethical texts available in Arabic transl...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 688-731 |
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Islamic Ethics
B Magnanimity B greatness of soul B kibar al-nafs B Miskawayh B al-Ghazālī B Virtue Ethics |
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