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Miskawayh
Abu Miskawayh (, also erroneously "ibn Miskawayh", 932–1030), was a Persian chancery official of the Buyid era, and philosopher and historian from Rey, Iran. As a Neoplatonist, his influence on Islamic philosophy is primarily in the area of ethics. He was the author of the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics entitled the Refinement of Morals , focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and refinement of character. He separated personal ethics from the public realm, and contrasted the liberating nature of reason with the deception and temptation of nature. Miskawayh was a prominent figure in the intellectual and cultural life of his time.