{"product_id":"the-philosopher-responds-an-intellectual-correspondence-from-the-tenth-century-volume-one-hardcover","title":"The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume One - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbū  Al-Tawḥīdī\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAbū ʿalī Miskawayh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBilal Orfali\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestions and answers from two great philosophers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The Philosopher Responds is the record of a set of questions put by the litterateur Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi to the philosopher and historian Abu 'Ali Miskawayh. Both figures were foremost contributors to the remarkable flowering of cultural and intellectual life that took place in the Islamic world during the reign of the Buyid dynasty in the fourth\/tenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe correspondence between al-Tawhidi and Miskawayh holds a mirror to many of the debates and preoccupations of the time and reflects the spirit of rationalistic inquiry that animated their era. It also provides insight into the intellectual outlooks of two thinkers who were divided as much by their distinctive temperaments as by the very different trajectories of their professional careers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternately whimsical and tragic, wondering and brooding, trivial and profound, al-Tawhidi's questions provoke an interaction as interesting in its spiritedness as in its content. This new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher Responds \u003c\/i\u003eis accompanied by the first full-length English translation of this important text, bringing this interaction to life for the English reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī \u003c\/b\u003e(d. 414\/1023) was a prominent litterateur and philosopher in Baghdad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbū ʿAlī Miskawayh (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbū ʿAlī Miskawayh\u003c\/b\u003e (ca. 320-421\/932-1030) was a philosopher and historian born in Rayy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilal Orfali (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBilal Orfali\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut and previously held the M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies at the Ohio State University. He specializes in Arabic literature, Sufism, and Qur'anic Studies. He co-edits \u003ci\u003eal-Abhath Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and Brill's series Texts and Studies on the Qur'an. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Arabic Studies. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Anthologist's Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2016), \u003ci\u003e The Book of Noble Character\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of the Mystics\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2013), \u003ci\u003eSufism, Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Arabic\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2011). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice A. Pomerantz (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaurice A. Pomerantz\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Literature at New York University Abu Dhabi. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLicit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-Sahib b. 'Abbad\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophia Vasalou (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow in Philosophical Theology at the University of Birmingham. Her books include \u003ci\u003eMoral Agents and their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWonder: A Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIbn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames E. Montgomery (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames E. Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His latest publications are \u003ci\u003eIn Deadly Embrace: Arabic Hunting Poems, Fate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, with Michael Fishbein. In 2024 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44302210498695,"sku":"9781479871483","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dkWDRE3bD49781479871483.webp?v=1774896582","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-philosopher-responds-an-intellectual-correspondence-from-the-tenth-century-volume-one-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}