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The ocean of the soul : man, the world, and God in the stories of Farid al-Din Attar / Hellmut Ritter ; translated by John O'Kane ; with editorial assistance of Bernd Radtke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritter, Hellmut, 1892-1971.
- Series:
- Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, 69. Bd.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ; v. 69 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
- Standardized Title:
- Meer der Seele. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life.
- ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230--Criticism and interpretation.
- ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (859 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Ocean of the Soul is one of the great works of the German Orientalist Hellmut Ritter (1892-1971). It presents a comprehensive analysis of the writings of the mystical Persian poet Far?d al-D?n 'At?t??r. The book was first published in 1955.
- Contents:
- The Ocean of the Soul; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Death and Transitoriness; Chapter Two: The World; Chapter Three: Distress, Suffering and Oppression: A Theodicy; Chapter Four: The Religious Situation; Chapter Five: The Unquenched Drive for Knowledge; Chapter Six: Worldly People; Chapter Seven : Men of Power; Chapter Eight: The Emotional Attitude of the Pious; Chapter Nine: The Poet on Himself; Chapter Ten: Strife with God: The Fool; Chapter Eleven: The Value of Life. This World and the Hereafter. Overcoming Fear of Death
- Chapter Twelve: Renunciation of the World and Asceticism Chapter Thirteen: Trust in God's Providence; Chapter Fourteen: Contentedness and Poverty; Chapter Fifteen: The Interpretation of Suffering. Patience-Gratitude-Contentment; Chapter Sixteen: The Transformation and Conquest of Sorrow and Suffering; Chapter Seventeen: God's Mercy and Kindness; Chapter Eighteen: The Means of Mercy; Chapter Nineteen: Works: Being God's Slave; Chapter Twenty: Virtues of the Inner Attitude; Chapter Twenty-One: Social Virtues; Chapter Twenty-Two: The Relationship with Animals
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Seeking Closeness to God Chapter Twenty-Four: Earthly Love with Social and Legal Ties; Chapter Twenty-Five: Earthly Love as Free Emotion; Chapter Twenty-Six: Religious Love of a Beautiful Person; Chapter Twenty-Seven: Pure Love of God; Chapter Twenty-Eight: Extinction and Union with Divinity; Chapter Twenty-Nine: God, the World and the Universal Soul; Chapter Thirty: Travelling Within Oneself. Metaphysical Self-Importance. Final Extinction; Abbreviated Titles; Bibliography; Analytic Index; Additional Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-85457-0
- 90-04-24507-3
- OCLC:
- 821180613
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