LEADER 03827nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910786568003321 005 20230914203217.0 010 $a1-283-85457-0 010 $a90-04-24507-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000309431 035 $a(EBL)1081551 035 $a(OCoLC)821180613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000908121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12447072 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000908121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10900753 035 $a(PQKB)10545357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1081551 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1081551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631725 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416707 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000309431 100 $a20030417e20132003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe ocean of the soul $eman, the world, and God in the stories of Farid al-Din Attar /$fHellmut Ritter ; translated by John O'Kane ; with editorial assistance of Bernd Radtke 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2013, c2003 215 $a1 online resource (859 pages) 225 1 $aHandbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ;$vv. 69 =$aHandbuch der Orientalistik 311 0 $a90-04-24484-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 Death 327 $aChapter 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 Animals 327 $aChapter 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 Notes 330 $aThe Ocean of the Soul is one of the great works of the German Orientalist Hellmut Ritter (1892-1971). It presents a comprehensive analysis of the writings of the mystical Persian poet Far?d al-D?n 'At?t??r. The book was first published in 1955. 410 0$aHandbuch der Orientalistik.$nErste Abteilung,$pNahe und der Mittlere Osten ;$v69. Bd. 606 $aLife 615 0$aLife. 676 $a891.5511 700 $aRitter$b Hellmut$f1892-1971.$0472635 701 $aO'Kane$b John$f1940-$01529941 701 $aRadtke$b Bernd$01529942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786568003321 996 $aThe ocean of the soul$93774528 997 $aUNINA