On the Natural Sciences: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 15-21

by إخوان الصفا

This is the first critical edition of Epistles 15-21 of the Brethren of Purity, which explore the natural sciences and correspond to Aristotle's great works on philosophy of nature. Along with Epistle 22, "On Animals," Epistles 15-21 correspond to the corpus of Aristotle's great works on the philosophy of nature: Physica, De caelo, De generatione et corruption, and Meteorologica I-III. Meteorologica IV may correspond to Epistle 19 "On Minerals" (though...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199683808
• ISBN13: 9780199683802
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: OUP in Association with the Institute of Isma
• Length: 969 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"