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Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran - Volume I: the Nasihat Al-Muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes (Electronic book text) Loot Price: R940
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Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran - Volume I: the Nasihat Al-Muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and...

Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran - Volume I: the Nasihat Al-Muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes (Electronic book text)

L. Marlow

Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature

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Mirrors for princes form a substantial and important genre in many pre-modern literatures. Their ostensible purpose is to advise the king; at the same time they assert that the king, if he is truly virtuous, will appreciate being reminded of the contingency of his power. The unknown author of the Counsel for Kings studied in this book wrote in a distinctive early tenth-century Iranian environment. He deploys an abundant set of cultural materials representing 'perennial wisdom' of mixed provenances, which he reinvigorates by applying them to the circumstances of his own time and place. The first volume situates Counsel for Kings in its historical context. The second volume gives direct access to a substantial portion of the text through translation and commentary.

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Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature
Release date: December 2017
Editors: L. Marlow
Dimensions: 244 x 172mm (L x W)
Format: Electronic book text
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-1-4744-2641-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Islamic & Arabic philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Islamic & Arabic philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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LSN: 1-4744-2641-7
Barcode: 9781474426411

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