03827nam 2200589Ia 450 991080702760332120230914203217.01-283-85457-090-04-24507-3(CKB)2670000000309431(EBL)1081551(OCoLC)821180613(SSID)ssj0000908121(PQKBManifestationID)12447072(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000908121(PQKBWorkID)10900753(PQKB)10545357(MiAaPQ)EBC1081551(Au-PeEL)EBL1081551(CaPaEBR)ebr10631725(CaONFJC)MIL416707(EXLCZ)99267000000030943120030417e20132003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe ocean of the soul man, the world, and God in the stories of Farid al-Din Attar /Hellmut Ritter ; translated by John O'Kane ; with editorial assistance of Bernd RadtkeLeiden ;Boston Brill2013, c20031 online resource (859 pages)Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ;v. 69 =Handbuch der Orientalistik90-04-24484-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Ocean of the Soul; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Death and Transitoriness; Chapter Two: The World; Chapter Three: Distress, Suffering and Oppression: A Theodicy; Chapter Four: The Religious Situation; Chapter Five: The Unquenched Drive for Knowledge; Chapter Six: Worldly People; Chapter Seven : Men of Power; Chapter Eight: The Emotional Attitude of the Pious; Chapter Nine: The Poet on Himself; Chapter Ten: Strife with God: The Fool; Chapter Eleven: The Value of Life. This World and the Hereafter. Overcoming Fear of DeathChapter Twelve: Renunciation of the World and Asceticism Chapter Thirteen: Trust in God's Providence; Chapter Fourteen: Contentedness and Poverty; Chapter Fifteen: The Interpretation of Suffering. Patience-Gratitude-Contentment; Chapter Sixteen: The Transformation and Conquest of Sorrow and Suffering; Chapter Seventeen: God's Mercy and Kindness; Chapter Eighteen: The Means of Mercy; Chapter Nineteen: Works: Being God's Slave; Chapter Twenty: Virtues of the Inner Attitude; Chapter Twenty-One: Social Virtues; Chapter Twenty-Two: The Relationship with AnimalsChapter Twenty-Three: Seeking Closeness to God Chapter Twenty-Four: Earthly Love with Social and Legal Ties; Chapter Twenty-Five: Earthly Love as Free Emotion; Chapter Twenty-Six: Religious Love of a Beautiful Person; Chapter Twenty-Seven: Pure Love of God; Chapter Twenty-Eight: Extinction and Union with Divinity; Chapter Twenty-Nine: God, the World and the Universal Soul; Chapter Thirty: Travelling Within Oneself. Metaphysical Self-Importance. Final Extinction; Abbreviated Titles; Bibliography; Analytic Index; Additional NotesThe Ocean of the Soul is one of the great works of the German Orientalist Hellmut Ritter (1892-1971). It presents a comprehensive analysis of the writings of the mystical Persian poet Far?d al-D?n 'At?t??r. The book was first published in 1955.Handbuch der Orientalistik.Erste Abteilung,Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ;69. Bd.LifeLife.891.5511Ritter Hellmut1892-1971.472635O'Kane John1940-1666211Radtke Bernd1666212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807027603321The ocean of the soul4025348UNINA