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Ibn Miskawayh

Ibn Miskawayh is a key figure in Islamic ethical philosophy and historical writing.

BORN c. 932 CE · Rayy, PersiaDIED 1030 CE · Isfahan, PersiaERA Buyid
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Systematized virtue ethics in Arabic-Islamic philosophy.

THE RECORD
  • His ethics drew on Greek philosophy while addressing Muslim moral cultivation.
  • He worked in Buyid administrative and scholarly settings.
  • Later ethical writers engaged his account of character refinement.
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