Ibn Miskawayh

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Ibn Miskawayh was a 10th–11th century Persian Muslim philosopher and historian renowned for his influential works on ethical philosophy and the cultivation of character.

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instanceOf Persian Muslim philosopher
ethicist
historian
medieval Islamic philosopher
philosopher
centuryActive 10th century
11th century
deathApproximateYear 1030
421 AH
diedIn Isfahan
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicOrigin Persian
fieldOfWork ethics
historiography
history
moral psychology
philosophy
practical philosophy
fullName Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub Ibn Miskawayh
linked to: Ibn Miskawayh
givenName Ahmad
linked to: Ahmed
influenced Islamic moral philosophy
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
later Islamic ethicists
influencedBy Aristotle
Greek philosophy
Neoplatonism
Plato
al-Farabi
linked to: Al-Farabi
kunya Abu Ali
languageOfWork Arabic
mainInterest ethical cultivation of character
practical wisdom
soul and its faculties
virtue ethics
notableIdea classification of virtues into wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice
emphasis on habituation in moral education
systematic Islamic virtue ethics based on Greek philosophy
notableWork Al-Fawz al-Asghar
Al-Hikma al-Khalida
Jawidan Khirad
Kitab al-Sa‘ada
Tahdhib al-Akhlaq
Tahdhib al-Akhlaq wa Tathir al-A‘raq
linked to: Tahdhib al-Akhlaq

Tajarib al-Umam
occupation court official
librarian
philosophicalTradition Islamic philosophy
Peripatetic philosophy
linked to: Peripatetic school
region Buyid dynasty courts
linked to: Buyid dynasty
religion Islam

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Islamic ethics hasNotableScholar Ibn Miskawayh
Ibn Miskawayh fullName Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub Ibn Miskawayh
linked to: Ibn Miskawayh