Kitab al-Sa‘ada
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Kitab al-Sa‘ada is a philosophical treatise on ethics and human happiness by the medieval Persian thinker Ibn Miskawayh, exploring the cultivation of virtue and the soul’s perfection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Sa‘ada canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5625145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitab al-Sa‘ada Context triple: [Ibn Miskawayh, notableWork, Kitab al-Sa‘ada]
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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C.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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D.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
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E.
Sahifat al-Madina
Sahifat al-Madina is an early Islamic charter attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that organized relations and mutual obligations among the diverse communities of Medina, often regarded as one of the first written constitutions in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitab al-Sa‘ada Target entity description: Kitab al-Sa‘ada is a philosophical treatise on ethics and human happiness by the medieval Persian thinker Ibn Miskawayh, exploring the cultivation of virtue and the soul’s perfection.
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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C.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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D.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
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E.
Sahifat al-Madina
Sahifat al-Madina is an early Islamic charter attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that organized relations and mutual obligations among the diverse communities of Medina, often regarded as one of the first written constitutions in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical treatise
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philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
attainment of happiness
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moral perfection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Persian intellectual tradition ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Miskawayh ⓘ |
| conceptualFramework | virtue ethics ⓘ |
| discusses |
acquisition of virtues through habituation
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balance of the soul’s faculties ⓘ rational control of the passions ⓘ relationship between ethics and happiness ⓘ role of reason in moral life ⓘ social dimension of ethical conduct ⓘ vices and their remedies ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
discipline of desire
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moderation in conduct ⓘ moral education ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultivation of virtue
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formation of character ⓘ training of the soul ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic prose
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian ethics
ⓘ
linked to:
Aristotelianism
Neoplatonic psychology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated Muslim readers ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethics
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human happiness ⓘ perfection of the soul ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| method |
ethical exhortation
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philosophical argumentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Islamic philosophy
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Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to:
Peripatetic school
|
| regionOfOrigin | Persianate world ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Tahdhib al-Akhlaq ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| seeksTo |
define true happiness
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guide the soul toward perfection ⓘ harmonize philosophy and religion in ethics ⓘ |
| viewsHappinessAs | perfection of the rational soul ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab al-Sa‘ada Description of subject: Kitab al-Sa‘ada is a philosophical treatise on ethics and human happiness by the medieval Persian thinker Ibn Miskawayh, exploring the cultivation of virtue and the soul’s perfection.
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Abu Ali