Arabian wisdom / / John Wortabet
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| Autore: |
Wortabet John <1827-1908, >
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| Titolo: |
Arabian wisdom / / John Wortabet
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| Pubblicazione: | Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Gorgias Press, , 2010 |
| ©1916 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (73 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 892.708 |
| Soggetto topico: | Quotations, Arabic |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE KORAN -- REPENTANCE -- A SINNER'S CRY UNTO GOD -- FORGIVING OTHERS -- FORBEARANCE -- HUMILITY -- TRUE NOBILITY -- SELF-RESPECT -- CHARACTER -- BENEVOLENCE -- GENEROSITY -- GRATITUDE -- RECOMPENSE -- FLAUNTING KINDNESS -- KNOWLEDGE -- SPECULATIVE STUDIES -- THOUGHTS, DOUBTS -- WISDOM -- IGNORANCE, FOLLY -- CONSULTATION -- SPEAKING, WRITING, BOOKS -- SILENCE -- TRUTHFULNESS -- TRUTHFULNESS TO PROMISES -- TRUTHFULNESS TO SECRETS -- DECEIT -- EXERTION -- OPPORTUNITIES -- ECONOMY -- VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE -- PATIENCE -- CONTENTMENT -- CHEERFULNESS -- WAR -- ANGER -- HATRED, MALICE -- MURDER -- ENVY -- RASHNESS -- LAZINESS -- AVARICE -- COMPLAINT, BLAME -- MARRIAGE -- CHILDREN -- FILIAL DUTY -- BROTHERS -- FRIENDS -- NEIGHBOURS -- SALUTATION -- LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME -- TRAVELLING -- HEALTH -- YOUTH AND OLD AGE -- DEATH -- APPENDIX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Having lived for many years in Beirut, John Wortabet grew to know much about the Islamic world. Recognizing the wisdom and integrity of the people and religion of what was then known as Syria, Wortabet set about to preserve the essentials of Arabic wisdom in this little book. The wisdom saying, a literary form of ancient pedigree in this part of the world, is generally a brief but pointed statement of a truth distilled from careful observation. Wortabet here presents these saying arranged according to topic, with the goal of facilitating understanding between the wider world and those who live in what has become a very unsettled region. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Arabian wisdom |
| ISBN: | 1-4632-1890-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910793715503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Analecta Gorgiana ; ; 195.