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Jeff
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Made the mistake of getting 200 pages into this 900+ page translation and learning that the bastard editors excluded the introduction which has the Shahnameh's sources, cosmology, and acknowledgement of its patrons. IF YOUR EDITION IS ABRIDGED FUCKING LABEL IT AS ABRIDGED.
— Apr 18, 2026 11:39AM
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Jeff
is on page 273 of 1040
I turn to right and left, in all the earth / I see no signs of justice, sense, or worth / A man dies evil deeds, and all his days / are filled with luck and universal praise / Another's good in all he does - he does / a wretched, broken man who. All despise.
— Apr 22, 2026 12:05PM
Jeff
is on page 242 of 1040
"a man who disobeys God's commands abandons himself to bewilderment."
I'm always impressed by how Muslim theology seems much closer to ethics than the transcendental morality that Europe and by extension America has been cursed with since Christianity and probably neoplatonism if you wanna go that far back.
— Apr 19, 2026 11:16PM
I'm always impressed by how Muslim theology seems much closer to ethics than the transcendental morality that Europe and by extension America has been cursed with since Christianity and probably neoplatonism if you wanna go that far back.
