Medieval · Arabic
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq
A short epistle on the science of character, ascribed in this printing to the Shāfiʻī jurist Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī. The ascription does not appear in the standard bibliographies of his legal writing and should be treated as uncertain.
chapters
6 chapters- 01The author's prologue and the plan of the bookprose
- 02Part One: on the universal principles of the science of ethicsprose
- 03Part Two: on the particular branches of good character — Chapter One: the counsels of the sages and the precepts profitable in every fieldprose
- 04Chapter Two: rare sayings that pass current as proverbsprose
- 05Part Three: on what concerns the noble character of kings and the manners of their retinue — Chapter One: the noble character of kings in particularprose
- 06Chapter Two: the manners of the servants of kingsprose
in the atlas
fully mappedFigures— 10 of 12
God · Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī · Another unnamed sage · Aristotle · Muhammad · The glossator of the printed edition · Abraham · Adam · Alexander · Ardashir I
Ideas— 10 of 116
Anger · Dominion · Envy · Everlasting felicity · Gratitude · Intellect · Patience · Proverbs in circulation · Settled disposition · Spiritual medicine
Places— 9
This world · The Fire · The grave · The hereafter · The sea · Bliss · China · God's earth · The East
Groups— 10 of 31
Kings · The learned · ṛṣis · Brethren and friends · Enemies · The common people · The subjects · Bad neighbours and table-companions · Boon companions · Boys and women
Events— 8
Advancing and retreating in battle · Being bidden to sit in the royal assembly · Death · Death and the appointed term · Hunting and the chase · Interceding for the fallen servant · Leaning in with a secret · The composition and dedication of the epitome
Objects— 10 of 11
The marginal notes of the printed edition · Bodily objects of pleasure · Book · Fetters · Fine clothing and perfume · Fire · Fire and firewood · Garments · The Throne · The patron's banners and standards
Animals— 4
Beasts · Horses · Beast of prey · Brutes
72 citations · 128 themes · 488 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.
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