The Pahlavi Literature of the 9th Century and Greek Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9376706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Götz König (0000-0003-4998-4146, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 8-37 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1573384x-20180103 |
| OpenAlex | W2795713485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Since the Hellenistic times (if not earlier) Iran participates in the philosophical development of classical Greece. In the times of the Sasanians some knowledge of Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic thinking is detectable, and treatises were written for Xosrō I by philosophers who were well acquainted with the writings of Aristotle. It was always maintained that also Sasanian Zoroastrianism was affected through these Greek-Iranian contacts. But it is remarkable that among the Zoroastrian writings of the 9th-10th centuries only two books– Dēnkard 3 and Škand Gumānīg Wīzār –seem to be substantially influenced by Aristotelian/Neo-Platonic terms and concepts. The paper deals with the question whether the Greek elements within these texts should not better be understood as the fruit of a Zoroastrian participation in the general interest of the Islamic world in Greek thinking in Abbasid Baghdad
Archaeology · Art · Asian studies · Epistemology · Islam · Islamic Philosophy · Literature · Theology · Zoroastrianism · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |