Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. 672/1274) Nasirean Ethics is the single most important work on philosophical ethics in the history of Islam. Translated from the original Persian into Arabic in 713/1313, the present text was primarily intended for the Arabic-speaking majority of the people in Iraq. A fine example of medieval Persian-to-Arabic translation technique, this first edition carefully reproduces Middle Arabic elements that can be found throughout the text.

Joep Lameer, PhD (1992) in Oriental Studies, Leiden University, is a specialist in the history of medieval philosophy and logic in Arabic and Persian. Author of the award-winning Conception and Belief in Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Tehran, 2006), he is presently working on Avicenna.

All interested in the history of Islamic philosophy and the dissemination of Shi‘ite culture, and anyone concerned with Middle Arabic or medieval Persian-to-Arabic translation techniques, will find this edition relevant.