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First paragraph:
Ḥārith ibn Asad al-Muḥāsibī (d. 243/857) has not been the subject
of a comprehensive study for half a century; the present book therefore
arouses high expectations. The question of where to situate al-
Muḥāsibī in the intellectual history of the third/ninth century is anything
but settled; a new approach might be in order. But the reader is
ultimately disappointed. The author has delved deeply into al-
Muḥāsibī’s works, but he presents the results of his investigation in a
rather apodictic way and largely omits engaging in a dialogue with
previous research.