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| | Ikhwān al-Safā’ [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
 | | Book 3: the psychological and rational sciences (10 rasa'il) comprehend intellectual principles (Pythagoras and Ikhwan), universe as macrocosm, intelligence and intelligible, periods and era, passion, resurrection, species of movement, cause and effect, definitions and descriptions. |
 | | Book 4: the theological sciences (11 rasa'il) include doctrines and religions, way to God, doctrine of Ikhwan, essence of faith, divine law and prophethood, appeal to God, hierarchy, spiritual beings, politics, magic and talisman. |
 | | B.C.E. 370) which considered man as a reduced model of the universe (microcosm), and the universe as an enlarged copy of man (macrocosm). |
| www.iep.utm.edu /i/ikhwan.htm (1575 words) |
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