Correspondence, philosophical - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Correspondence, philosophical - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Akasoy, Anna

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061309
Doc. NO	:	ALei1706
Main Entry	:	Akasoy, Anna
Title & Author	:	Correspondence, philosophical - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Akasoy, Anna
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(4,018 words)
Abstract	:	Scholars disagree about the existence and nature of a genre of philosophical correspondence in the Islamicate world and its history and purpose. In addition to actual exchanges of letters, philosophical literature sometimes captures a variety of viewpoints in the communication that occurs in debates. Such conversations often took place between teachers and disciples for didactic purposes, between colleagues and rivals in a dialectic spirit, and between rulers and philosophers as part of a courtly ritual. While some interchanges are disjointed lists of questions and answers on a variety of topics,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1706.pdf