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Abdul Rahman Al-Khunayfer

Born in 1985 in Riyadh, Abdul Rahman Al-Khunayfer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies in Cairo and president of the Maakal club for rare publications in Riyadh. He obtained a PhD on the dialectic of the relationship between ethics and religion in Western civilization, with honors, from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. He also holds a master’s degree in comparative jurisprudence and a postgraduate diploma in Arab heritage.

His current research focuses on universal ethics through the study and editing of medieval Arabic manuscripts, particularly the treatise “The Politics of Souls” by Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra (d. 943) and the book “The Refinement of Characters” by Thabit ibn Sinan (d. 976). He is also working on a critical revision of the old editions of the book “Refinement of Ethics” attributed to Yahya ibn Adi (d. 974).

Al-Khunayfer has published several works, including “Civil Ethics: The History of the Emergence of Civic Ethics in Western Civilization” and “Methods of Reception of Greek Ethical Philosophy in Arab-Muslim Civilization”. His work explores the interactions between ethical reflection, philosophy, and Islamic heritage. He is particularly interested in the transmission of Greek philosophical ideas in the Arab world during the Middle Ages and the study of rare manuscripts.

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  • Ida Zilio-Grandi

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