The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyám: Founded on the Persian (Classic Reprint)

Omar Khayyam, Eben Francis Thompson

ISBN 10: 0259876569 / ISBN 13: 9780259876564

Published by Forgotten Books, 2017

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the philosophical and spiritual world of Omar Khayyam, a 12th-century Persian polymath revered as a poet, astronomer, and mathematician. The author presents a collection of Omar Khayyam's *quatrains*, or four-line poems, and offers insights into their meaning and relevance. The book challenges prevailing notions of Khayyam as a materialist and atheist, arguing instead that his work is infused with a deep faith in God and a complex understanding of fate, life, and death. The author explores the poetic beauty of Khayyam's verses, highlighting the poet's contemplation of nature, his yearning for love, and his awareness of the ephemeral nature of human existence. The book also considers Khayyam's perspective on the divine, examining his views on faith, piety, and the role of the individual in the grand scheme of the cosmos. The author's exploration of Khayyam's work provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of Persian mysticism and the enduring power of poetry to grapple with the most profound questions of life and spirituality. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyám: Founded on the Persian (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0259876569
• ISBN 13: 9780259876564
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
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Excerpt from The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyám: Founded on the Persian

It is 1nevitable that a man of so many sides and Of such accomplishment should have been, like Shake speare, variously regarded. The varying interpreta tions, literal or mystical, applied to his writings, his keen power of mockery, his capacity in the mere statement of a proposition which he contested, of hanging his doubt or refutation thereon, contributed to this result. For in addition to the above views of him he has been deemed a free thinker; a man of science; a 5072 a devout and orthodox Mussulman; a railer at religion and morality; a pes simist; a serene epicure absorbed in the pleasures Of the present and claimed by materialist and Sufi alike. All of which goes to show, if ~it shows anything, the greatness and universality of Omar's real nature. Doubtless if the old Persian were now permltted to characterize himself, he would use the formula of Bottom as applied to Snug the joiner, in the role of Lion, I am a man as other men are.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.