A Princely Pandect on Astronomy Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʿīnīya Epistle and its Appendix
This book presents an English-language translation of Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya, or the Muʿīnīya Epistle. Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya is one of the earliest known works of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201–1274), an intellectual luminary of the 13th century CE. The work is notable for the choice of Ṭūsī’s native Persian as...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ṭūsī’s hayʾa
- Chapter 2 Ṭūsī as a Young Scholar
- Chapter 3 On the Structure and Contents of Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya
- Part II. Edition and Translation of Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya
- Chapter 4 Book One: On the Introduction to this Science
- Chapter 5 Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial Bodies
- Chapter 6 Book Three: On the Configuration of the Earth and the Difference in the State of its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial Bodies
- Chapter 7 Book Four: On the Distances and Bodies
- Part III. Ṭūsī’s Commentary on Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya
- Chapter 8 The Chapters. Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index