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Human Characters and Morality in Ibn Ḥazm's Philosophical Aphorisms
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The author analyzes the philosophical thoughts outlined by Ibn Ḥazm in his Al-Aẖlāq wa-ʾl-Siyar treatise. Apart from friendship, love, social relationships, the complexity of human characters and the diversity of life attitudes, the one issue discussed in the treatise first and foremost is the meaning and significance of human life. The Arab philosopher refers to all these issues as a rationalist despite ultimately presenting a clearly religious-oriented position. His ethical views are rooted not only in a religious (Muslim) tradition, but also in that of classical philosophy, reflecting a particularly strong convergence with the ethics of the Stoics and Aristotle.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2020.30.85-109
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