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Names, Natures and Things: The Alchemist J?bir ibn Hayy?n and his Kit?b al-Ahj?r (Book of Stones) (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
Syed Nomanul Haq
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Description for Names, Natures and Things: The Alchemist J?bir ibn Hayy?n and his Kit?b al-Ahj?r (Book of Stones) (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
Paperback. Jabir ibn Hayyan, for a long time the reigning alchemical authority both in Islam and Latin West, has exercised numerous generations of scholars. The author begins by critically reexamining the historical foundations of the prevalent view that the Jabirian corpus is the work not of an 8th-century individual, but that of Shi'i authors. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 796.
Jabir ibn Hayyan, for a long time the reigning alchemical authority both in Islam and the Latin West, has exercised numerous generations of scholars. To be sure, it is not only the vexed question of the historical authorship and dating of the grand corpus Jabirianum which poses a serious scholarly challenge; equally challenging is the task of unraveling all those obscure and tantalizing discourses which it contains.
This book, which marks the first full-scale study of Jabir ever to be published in the English language, takes up both challenges. The ... Read more
Jabir ibn Hayyan, for a long time the reigning alchemical authority both in Islam and the Latin West, has exercised numerous generations of scholars. To be sure, it is not only the vexed question of the historical authorship and dating of the grand corpus Jabirianum which poses a serious scholarly challenge; equally challenging is the task of unraveling all those obscure and tantalizing discourses which it contains.
This book, which marks the first full-scale study of Jabir ever to be published in the English language, takes up both challenges. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792332541
SKU
V9780792332541
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