Miskawayh

Ibn Miskawayh
مُسکویه
Personal
Born932
Parandak, (Ziyarid Iran)
Died1030
Ray, (Kakuyid Iran)[1]
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionIran
Main interest(s)History, Theology, medicine, ethics and philosophy
Notable work(s)Kitab al hayawan (The book of animal life)
تهذيب الأخلاق (Ethical Instruction)
Al-Fawz al-Asghar
Tajarib al-umam (Experiences of Nations)
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Ibn Miskuyah (Persian: مُسْکُـوْيَه Muskūyah, 932–1030), (Arabic: مِسْكَوَيْه، أبو علي محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب مسكويه الرازي) full name Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb Miskawayh al-Rāzī[2] was a Persian[3] chancery official of the Buyid era, and philosopher and historian from Parandak, Iran. As a Neoplatonist, his influence on Islamic philosophy is primarily in the area of ethics. He was the author of the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics entitled the Refinement of Character (تهذيب الأخلاق Tahdhīb al-Akhlāq), focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and the refinement of character. He separated personal ethics from the public realm, and contrasted the liberating nature of reason with the deception and temptation of nature. Miskawayh was a prominent figure in the intellectual and cultural life of his time.[3]

  1. ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ibn Miskawayh". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-Miskawayh. Accessed 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P.; et al., eds. (1993). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. 7: Mif-Naz (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9004094199. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Miskawayh" at Encyclopædia Iranica