Medieval · Arabic
al-Saʻādah fī falsafat al-akhlāq
Miskawayh on happiness: what the good for a human being consists in, and how the virtues get one there. The companion to his Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, and the less-read half of his ethics.
chapters
7 chapters- 01The publisher's introductionprose
- 02The conclusion of the discourseprose
- 03The eighth section (on delight and happiness)prose
- 04The spirit and the knowledge of itprose
- 05Supplement to the discussion of the soul that incites to evil, the soul that reproaches, and the soul at peaceprose
- 06Sayings by the author of the introductionprose
- 07The Book of Happinessprose
in the atlas
fully mappedFigures— 10 of 25
God · Muhammad · Adam · Ibn Sīnā · Miskawayh · Sayyid ʻAlī al-Ṭūbjī · Abū Bakr al-Rāzī · Abū Hurayrah · Abū al-Baqāʼ al-Kaffawī · Al-A'mash
Ideas— 10 of 70
The soul · Happiness · Intellect · Delight · Innate disposition · The imagination · Wretchedness · rūḥ · Adornment and cleanliness · Attachment of the spirit to its own world
Places— 8
The world of holiness · heaven · Earth · Land and sea · Makkah · The Garden · The world of dense bodies · The world of immaterial spirits
Groups— 10 of 19
Angels · Believers · Dialecticians · Physicians · Poets · The Companions · The common people · Aristotle's associates and the teachers of his books · Children and youths · God's servants
Events— 6
Aristotle's composition of the books of logic · Aristotle's gathering of scattered wisdom · Death and the disposal of wealth · Emigration to God and death on the way · Entering the grave · The return of the soul at peace to its Lord
Objects— 10 of 25
The Qur'an · Food and drink · The heart · The human body · The pen · Wealth · Backgammon and chess · Biographies of men · Book · Brick
97 citations · 95 themes · 410 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.
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