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Tahdhīb al-Akhlāq (Refinement of Character / Mean Ethics)

The philosophical ethics of cultivating virtue as a mean between extremes, adapting Aristotelian and Platonic psychology.

The philosophical ethics of cultivating virtue as a mean between extremes, adapting Aristotelian and Platonic psychology.

Key passages(13)

Tahdhib Akhlaq · Ibn Miskawayh

High

Shifa Mantiq · Ibn Sina

High

Sunan · al-Darimi

High

Usul Min Kafi · Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

High

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Macani Akhbar · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Rawdat Cuqala · Ibn Hibban al-Busti

High

Adhkar · al-Nawawi

Moderate

Akhlaq Wazirayn · Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi

Moderate

Mucallimin · Al-Jahiz

Moderate

Tanbih Ghafilin · Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi

Moderate

Tibb Ruhani · Abu Bakr al-Razi

Moderate

Maqamat · Al-Hariri of Basra

Moderate