Sobriety & Mirth: A Selection of the Shorter Writings of Al-Jāhiz

ISBN-13: 9780710306975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 318 str.

Abu Uthman Amir Ibn Bahir al-Jahiz; Jim Colville;Jahiz

Opis

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 This Life and the Life to Come Or Conduct Praiseworthy & Offensive; Chapter 2 The Superiority of Blacks to Whites; Chapter 3 Envy; Chapter 4 Inside, Outside & Back to Front; Chapter 5 Contra Christianorum; Chapter 6 Anthropomorphism Refuted; Chapter 7 On the Prophet’s Authenticity; Chapter 8 Drink & Drinkers; Chapter 9 Why Speech is Superior to Silence; Chapter 10 The Art of Keeping Silent; Chapter 11 On Women; Chapter 12 Chanteuses; Chapter 13 The Pleasures of Girls & Boys Compared; Chapter 14 Gravity & Mirth; Chapter 15 Squaring the Circle;

O autorze

Jim Colville