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978193
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b732563
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Meer der Seele.English
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| Main Entry
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Ritter, Hellmut,1892-1971.
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The ocean of the soul : : men, the world, and God in the stories of Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār /\ by Hellmut Ritter ; translated by John O'Kane with editorial assistance of Bernd Radtke.
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Leiden ;Boston :: Brill,, 2013.
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| Series Statement
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Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ;; v. 69 =Handbuch der Orientalistik
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1 online resource :: illustrations.
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9004244840
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: 9004245073
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: 9789004244849
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: 9789004245075
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9004120688
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9789004244849
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| Notes
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 7, 2012).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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
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Chapter Twelve: Renunciation of the World and AsceticismChapter 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
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Chapter Twenty-Three: Seeking Closeness to GodChapter Twenty-Four: Earthly Love with Social and Legal Ties; Chapter Twenty-Five: Earthly Love as Free Emotion; Chapter Twenty-Six: Religiou s 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
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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.
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ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn,-approximately 1230-- Criticism and interpretation.
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ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn,-approximately 1230.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Middle Eastern.
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| Dewey Classification
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891/.5511
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PK6451.F4Z8613 2013
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O'Kane, John,1940-
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Radtke, Bernd.
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