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al-Faḍāʾil al-Arbaʿ (The Four Cardinal Virtues)

The fourfold scheme of cardinal virtues — wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice — each a mean between two vices, adapted from Greek ethics into Islamic philosophical akhlāq.

The fourfold scheme of cardinal virtues — wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice — each a mean between two vices, adapted from Greek ethics into Islamic philosophical akhlāq.

How it traveled

  1. Tahdhib Akhlaq
    Baghdad · 1030
    explains
  2. Shifa Mantiq
    Bukhara · 1037
    explains
  3. Kitab Alfayn
    Maragha · 1325
    explains

Key passages(20)

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Hidaya Fi Mantiq · Ibn Sina

Very high

Macarij Quds · al-Ghazali

Very high

Mizan Camal · al-Ghazali

Very high

Rasail Falsafiyya · al-Kindi

Very high

Sharh Talwih · al-Taftazani

Very high

Tahdhib Akhlaq · Ibn Miskawayh

Very high

Mawaqif · al-Iji

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Mulakhkhas Fi Mantiq Wa Hikma · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Risalat Akhlaq · al-Iji

Very high

Sacada Wa Iscad · al-Amiri

Very high

Sharh Mawaqif · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

Very high

Shifa Mantiq · Ibn Sina

Very high

Tahdhib Akhlaq · Ibn Miskawayh

Very high

Talkhis Khitaba · Ibn Rushd

Very high

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Miftah Dar Sacada · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Shifa Ilahiyyat · Ibn Sina

Very high