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Works

Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.
Checked on 2026-10-31
Table and recordsStreams
TraditionAll (3)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (1)Further afield (1)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (82)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (1)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (4)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (61)The path (7)Lives and lineages (2)Prayer and litany (3)Lyric (1)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (3)
FormAll (3)Prose (3)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (3)Arabic (2)Persian (0)Greek (1)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (3)Archaic and classical Greek (1)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (0)Late antique (0)2nd century AH (0)3rd century AH (0)4th century AH (1)5th century AH (0)6th century AH (0)7th century AH (0)8th century AH (1)9th century AH (0)10th century AH (0)11th century AH (0)13th century AH (0)
In the readerAll (3)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (3)

3 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
Introduction to History (Prolegomena)المقدمةIbn KhaldūnOther, or not yet classed8th century AHArabicListed only
Phaedrus (chariot myth, 246a-254e)ΦαῖδροςPlatoOther, or not yet classedArchaic and classical GreekGreekListed only
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity; The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinnرسائل إخوان الصفا؛ نزاع الإنسان والحيوانIkhwān al-ṢafāʾOther, or not yet classed4th century AHArabicListed only

Records

Introduction to History (Prolegomena)

المقدمة

al-Muqaddima

Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808/1406)

Further afield · Other, or not yet classed · Arabic · 8th century AH · Listed only

Dynasties rise by ʿasabiyya and fall in about three generations;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
1377, Tunis, Qalʿat Ibn Salāma, Cairo (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Quatremère (Paris 1858); Dār Ṣādir ed. · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Franz Rosenthal (Princeton, Bollingen 1958; rev. 1967) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Phaedrus (chariot myth, 246a-254e)

Φαῖδρος

Phaidros

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Other, or not yet classed · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

The soul as a winged charioteer driving two horses, one noble and one unruly: self-rule as the control of the divided soul, with eros as the wing.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 370 BCE, Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • OCT (Burnet 1901) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Jowett (free); Nehamas and Woodruff (Hackett 1995) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

  • Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Epistles of the Brethren of Purity; The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinn

رسائل إخوان الصفا؛ نزاع الإنسان والحيوان

Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ; Tadāʿī al-ḥayawān ʿalā l-insān

Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (10th c. CE (anonymous group))

Philosophy · Other, or not yet classed · Arabic · 4th century AH · Listed only

Epistle 22 is a debate before a jinn-king;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
10th c., Basra (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Cairo/Beirut editions; Butrus al-Bustani (Beirut 1957) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Lenn Goodman and Richard McGregor (OUP/IIS 2009) for the Animals; Epistles partial (IIS) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

  • Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
  • Resonance, not influence: Kalīla and Dimna (Fables of Bidpai) The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked