Ikhwan al-Safaʾ wa Khullan al-Wafaʾ
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Ikhwan al-Safaʾ wa Khullan al-Wafaʾ is the name of a secretive 10th-century Islamic philosophical fraternity best known for compiling the encyclopedic "Epistles of the Brethren of Purity."
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic intellectual movement
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philosophical fraternity ⓘ secret society ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| aim |
harmonization of philosophy and Islam
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moral and intellectual reform of society ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
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ⓘ
Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrine |
emphasis on purification of the soul
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hierarchical cosmology ⓘ synthesis of philosophy and revelation ⓘ universal brotherhood of believers ⓘ |
| epistlesDividedInto |
mathematical sciences
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natural sciences ⓘ psychological and rational sciences ⓘ theological and mystical sciences ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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ethics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ music theory ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| floruit | c. 960 CE ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Abbasid intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy
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Ismaʿili thought ⓘ later encyclopedic traditions in Islam ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Hermetic writings ⓘ Plato ⓘ Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagoreanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | compiling the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| nameInArabic | إخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkType | encyclopedic compendium ⓘ |
| numberOfEpistles | 52 ⓘ |
| organizationalFeature |
graded ranks of initiates
ⓘ
secret membership ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
Aristotelianism
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Islamic kalām ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Abbasid Caliphate
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Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBranch |
Ismaʿili Islam
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Shiʿi Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Brethren of Purity and Loyal Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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