01149nam a2200193 i 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059082001500067100002400082245010700106260004300213300003000256336002600286337002800312338002700340500002000367520055300387650001500940250526m19821955xx            001 0 und d  a0-04-297043-1  aGCL  a181.9bNET10aNetton, IAN Richard10aMuslim Neoplatonists :bAn Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity /cIAN Richard Netton  bGeorge Allen & Unwin,aLondon :c1982.  a146 pages :bhbk.c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes Index.  aThe tenth or eleventh century group of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al Safa) are as well known in the Arab world as Darwin, Marx and Freud in the west. Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analyzing the impact on them of thinkers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. Ian Netton traces the influences of Judaism and Christianity, and controversially this book argues that the Brethren of Purity did not belong to the Ismaili branch of Islam as is generally believed.  aPhilosophy