This paper investigates the general impulse to classify, categorise, and inventory which can be seen across all aspects of Abbasid cultural life in the 4th/10th century. Different aspects of this phenomenon have been studied separately under such labels as encyclopedism and classification of science. Here, a wider perspective is attempted, identifying and reviewing the characteristics which make an object – be it physical or conceptual – well organised.
Well-ordered books for well-ordered thoughts in the fourth islamic century / L. Osti. ((Intervento presentato al 28. convegno Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants tenutosi a Palermo nel 2016.
Well-ordered books for well-ordered thoughts in the fourth islamic century
L. Osti
2016
Abstract
This paper investigates the general impulse to classify, categorise, and inventory which can be seen across all aspects of Abbasid cultural life in the 4th/10th century. Different aspects of this phenomenon have been studied separately under such labels as encyclopedism and classification of science. Here, a wider perspective is attempted, identifying and reviewing the characteristics which make an object – be it physical or conceptual – well organised.
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