The Masnavi (Oxford World's Classics)Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divine love and unity, he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies. Drawing from folk tales as well as sacred

born in the year 150AH/767AD

focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time—Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia—which Hannah Arendt adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin

Breaking the Cycle of Oppression

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On the Virtues

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A thorough introduction to the steps in the research and writing process

dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to visit cities like Baghdad or Antioch

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Hassan examines how poignant memories of the lost caliphate have been evoked in Muslim culture

Can Our Science and Economics Honor Nature

Widely regarded as the most faithful to both the original Greek and Aristotle’s distinctive style