A History of Ottoman Political Thought Up to the Early Nineteenth Century

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^69 to Bursa some time in the early 1480s, and he probably died there some time ...

70 chapter 2 once the question was raised as to how one could express the infinite grati- tude owed to Sultan Mehmed II, Mahmud ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^71 part of an intellectual bureaucracy characterized by international mobility ...

72 chapter 2 This part of the work is closer to adab literature; however, there is a degree of abstraction not often found in ot ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^73 the administration of oneself or one’s soul (siyâsat-i nafs), one’s househo ...

74 chapter 2 kâtibi of the beylerbey), it soon became a very widespread, popular, and influential work (“one of the ‘bestsellers ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^75 2 Moral Philosophy as Political Theory As has been noted, all these authors ...

76 chapter 2 ilmi, maksad-ı ameli); each of these two can, in turn, be divided into two types, the serving and the served (hadim ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^77 (kuvvet-i nazari) and the practical (kuvvet-i amelî) powers, and that of mo ...

78 chapter 2 their related vices, but with justice now being a combination of wisdom, courage, and honesty. This three-fold form ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^79 generates the virtue of honesty and, through this, generosity; thus, he eve ...

80 chapter 2 the indispensable means of exchanging goods equally and justly. This leads to the need for a supreme power to suppr ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^81 the wealth of advice on domestic matters both authors have to offer), these ...

82 chapter 2 Kınalızade then proceeds to analyze craftsmanship (sına ’at), yet in a broad sense, one that seems to include comme ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^83 in different ways (cash, estate etc.) in order to be better protected again ...

84 chapter 2 its employees.45 It is highly illuminating to use these ideas (inherited as they were by one treatise from another ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^85 However, the aims of each person in this association vary, and this can lea ...

86 chapter 2 These theories on the origin and character of political society and power originate, as do most of the ideas seen i ...

“Political Philosophy” and the Moralist Tradition^87 the “appetitive ignorant state”, medine-i cahile-i sebu’iyye and medine-i c ...

88 chapter 2 An interesting point here is Kınalızade’s account of the rise of states (K479–80): Let it be known that civilized s ...