Repost @joobinbekhrad・・・In case you missed it … Read my BBC piece about the medieval Iranian polymat
Repost @joobinbekhrad・・・In case you missed it … Read my BBC piece about the medieval Iranian polymath Omar Khayyam and an early twentieth-century copy of his ‘Robaiyat’ (‘Quatrains’) that was perhaps the most luxurious book of poetry that had ever been made (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180111-the-rubaiyat-historys-most-luxurious-book-of-poetry). The piece also includes a couple of quatrains from my translation of the ‘Robaiyat’, available via joobinbekhrad.com (under ‘Books’). Image: an illustration from another early twentieth-century edition of the ‘Robaiyat’ by Gilbert James.‘Owing to his inquisitive nature, Khayyám questioned things most around him took for granted: faith, the hereafter, and the meaning of life itself. He had little confidence in the promises of religion, with its talk of Heaven and Hell, and even expressed doubts regarding the logic of God. There was only one thing Khayyám was certain about, and which he cherished: this life.’#iran #iranian #persian #poetry #omarkhayyam #khayyam #mementomori -- source link
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