{"product_id":"the-philosopher-responds-an-intellectual-correspondence-from-the-tenth-century-9781479806355","title":"The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestions and answers from two great philosophers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher Responds \u003c\/i\u003eis the record of a set of questions put by the litterateur Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī to the philosopher and historian Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh. Both figures were foremost contributors to the remarkable flowering of cultural and intellectual life that took place in the Islamic world during the reign of the Buyid dynasty in the fourth\/tenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe correspondence between al-Tawḥīdī and Miskawayh holds a mirror to many of the debates of the time and reflects the spirit of rationalistic inquiry that animated their era. It also provides insight into the intellectual outlooks of two thinkers who were divided as much by their distinctive temperaments as by the very different trajectories of their professional careers. Alternately whimsical and tragic, trivial and profound, al-Tawḥīdī's questions provoke an interaction as interesting in its spiritedness as in its content. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479806355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300","brand":"Ab\u0026#363; \u0026#7 Al-Taw\u0026#7717;\u0026#299;d\u0026#299;, Ab\u0026#363; \u0026#703;al\u0026#299; Miskawayh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400675020981,"sku":"9781479806355","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a9b86bda-470a-497f-aa05-e4cfb89ba751.jpg?v=1612165306","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-philosopher-responds-an-intellectual-correspondence-from-the-tenth-century-9781479806355","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}