@article{ART003244306},
author={LEEJUYEON},
title={Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2025},
volume={82},
number={3},
pages={131-177},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131}
TY - JOUR
AU - LEEJUYEON
TI - Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2025
VL - 82
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 131
EP - 177
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This study aims to examine the astrological poem, Ikhtiyārāt and its surviving manuscripts which are said to have been written by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī, a prominent astronomer in the Islamic world in the 13th century, and to identify the relationship between Ṭūsī and astrology in light of the historical record and the philosophical and ideological context of his time.
Islamic astrology inherited the traditions of the ancient civilizations of the Middle East and surrounding regions that preceded Islam. But it was criticized by Islamic jurists and philosophers during the classical period.
Moreover, during Tusi’s lifetime, an anti-occult movement arose in the Islamic world as high-level and popular patronage of the occult sciences overwhelmed jurisprudence and philosophy. Ṭūsī was seen by the antioccultists as the epitome of an occultist intellectual, as he was an advocate of the occult sciences, writing several books on astrology and other occult subjects such as shoulder reading and sand divination.
KW - Occult Science;Astrology;Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī;Choosing;an Auspicious Day (Ikhtiyārāt);Hellenistic Philosophy;Corresponding;(Munāsiba)
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
ER -
LEEJUYEON. (2025). Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(3), 131-177.
LEEJUYEON. 2025, "Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.82, no.3 pp.131-177. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON "Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82.3 pp.131-177 (2025) : 131.
LEEJUYEON. Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences. 2025; 82(3), 131-177. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON. "Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.3 (2025) : 131-177.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON. Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(3), 131-177. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON. Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2025; 82(3) 131-177. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON. Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences. 2025; 82(3), 131-177. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
LEEJUYEON. "Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī and the Occult Sciences" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.3 (2025) : 131-177.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.3.202508.131
