Ibn al-Muqaffa’s Pride in his

  • Josep Puig Montada

Abstract

'Abd Allâh Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724-759) is known mainly as the translator of the Kalila wa-Dimna, a collection of tales, that he translated from Pahlavi (Middle Persian) into Arabic. Ibn al-Muqaffa’ was of Iranian ancestry and was proud of the Sassanian legacy. He was self-confident of the rational primacy of the Zoroastrian religion over the Arabic culture that at that time consisted of the Koran and poetry. In the article I point to the rational values found in the comments of Ibn al-Muqaffaÿ as related to the Zoroastrian legacy.

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Published
2007-01-01
How to Cite
Puig Montada J. (2007). Ibn al-Muqaffa’s Pride in his. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 24, 85-94. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/ASHF0707110085A
Issue
Vol. 24 (2007)
Section
Estudios

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