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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1884 Edition.
1884. With the exception of a few passages, of which we need not
stop to given account, in this translation, the morality of the
Gulistan and the Bostan is pure, and so little clogged with the
superstition of the country, that this does not interfere with the
pleasure of the modern reader; he can easily translate their ethics
into his own. Saadi praises alms, hospitality, justice, courage,
bounty, and humility; he respects the poor, and the kings who
befriend the poor. He admires the royal eminence of the dervish or
religious ascetic. Contents: Essay on the Life and Genius of Sheik
Saadi; ON the Morals of Kings; On the Morals of Durvaishes;
Excellency of Contentment; Advantages of Taciturnity; Love and
Youth; On Imbecility and Old Age; Effects of Education; Rules for
Conduct in Life.
1884. With the exception of a few passages, of which we need not
stop to given account, in this translation, the morality of the
Gulistan and the Bostan is pure, and so little clogged with the
superstition of the country, that this does not interfere with the
pleasure of the modern reader; he can easily translate their ethics
into his own. Saadi praises alms, hospitality, justice, courage,
bounty, and humility; he respects the poor, and the kings who
befriend the poor. He admires the royal eminence of the dervish or
religious ascetic. Contents: Essay on the Life and Genius of Sheik
Saadi; ON the Morals of Kings; On the Morals of Durvaishes;
Excellency of Contentment; Advantages of Taciturnity; Love and
Youth; On Imbecility and Old Age; Effects of Education; Rules for
Conduct in Life.
1884. With the exception of a few passages, of which we need not
stop to given account, in this translation, the morality of the
Gulistan and the Bostan is pure, and so little clogged with the
superstition of the country, that this does not interfere with the
pleasure of the modern reader; he can easily translate their ethics
into his own. Saadi praises alms, hospitality, justice, courage,
bounty, and humility; he respects the poor, and the kings who
befriend the poor. He admires the royal eminence of the dervish or
religious ascetic. Contents: Essay on the Life and Genius of Sheik
Saadi; ON the Morals of Kings; On the Morals of Durvaishes;
Excellency of Contentment; Advantages of Taciturnity; Love and
Youth; On Imbecility and Old Age; Effects of Education; Rules for
Conduct in Life.
With the exception of a few passages, of which we need not stop to
given account, in this translation, the morality of the Gulistan
& the Bostan is pure, and so little clogged with the
superstition of the country, that this does not interfere with the
pleasure of the modern reader; he can easily translate their ethics
into his own. Saadi praises alms, hospitality, justice, courage,
bounty, and humility; he respects the poor, and the kings who
befriend the poor. He admires the royal eminence of the dervish or
religious ascetic. Contents: Essay on the Life & Genius of
Sheik Saadi; ON the Morals of Kings; On the Morals of Durvaishes;
Excellency of Contentment; Advantages of Taciturnity; Love &
Youth; On Imbecility & Old Age; Effects of Education; Rules for
Conduct in Life.
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