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This article deals with some important classifications of the sciences in Medieval Islam
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The article provides the first comprehensive attempt at interpreting these classifications and the possible links in the transmission of this material.
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This page is a summary of: Encyclopaedism on the Fringe of Islamic Orthodoxy: The Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, the Rutbat al-ḥakīm and the Ghāyat al-ḥakīm on the Division of Science, Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques, December 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/asia-2017-0002.
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