Summary: <br> This episode of the World of Islam introduces the so-called Ikhwan al-Safa (The Brethren of Purity), a group of mysterious thinkers that produced a major encyclopedic philosophical work. We touch on Ismailism and the attempt to unify various forms of knowledge in classical Islam. <br> <br> <br> A History of Islamic Philosophy by Majid Fakhry<br> Islamic Philosophy A-Z by Peter S. Groff<br> Islamic Philosophy: an Introduction by Oliver Leaman<br> The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy Edited by P. Adamson/R.C. Taylor<br> <br>
