The Refinement of Character

A translation from the Arabic of

Ahmad ibn-Muhammad Miskawayh's

Tahdhib al-Akhlaq

BY

CONSTANTINE K. ZURAYK
American University of Beirut

BEIRUT

1968
 CONTENTS

PREFACE xi

PREAMBLE 1

FIRST DISCOURSE
The Principles of Ethics 3

SECOND DISCOURSE
Character and its Refinement 27

THIRD DISCOURSE
The Good and its Divisions 67

FOURTH DISCOUSE
Justice 93

FIFTH DISCOURSE
Love and Friendship 121

SIXTH DISCOURSE

The Health of the Soul 155

NOTES 197

GLOSSARY 211

INDEX 219

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