Brethren of Purity
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brethren-of-purity-206-10675751
title:
Brethren of Purity
text:
The Brethren of Purity were a secret society of Muslim philosophers in Basra, Iraq, in the 9th or 10th century CE. The structure of the organization and the identities of its members have never been clear. Their esoteric teachings and philosophy are expounded in an epistolary style in the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity, a giant compendium of 52 epistles that would greatly influence later encyclopedias. A good deal of Muslim and Western scholarship has been spent on just pinning down the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medieval secret society of Muslim philosophers
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_Purity
date created:
2006-04-22T05:44:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:26:26Z
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