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This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir's The Divan or the Sage's Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature and a testimony to his wide knowledge, reading, and proficiency in foreign languages. Completed in 1705 by Athanasius III Dabbās, Patriarch of the Antiochian Church (1684-1694, 1720-1724), the Arabic text is accompanied by the first translation into a modern language, English. Book III contains Cantemir's version of the Latin work Stimuli virtutum, fraena peccatorum (Amsterdam, 1682) by the Unitarian Andzrej Wiszowaty (Andreas Wissovatius) of Raków (Poland), a chief representative of the Polish Brethren. Thus, in the space of twenty-three years Central-European Protestant ideas reached the Arab Christians of Ottoman Syria, by way of Greek and Arabic.
Contents
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
Historical Background
Structure and Contents of the Divan
The Divan - A Philosophical and Ethical Writing
The Divan in Romanian and European Culture
Circulation of the Divan
References
2 Editor's Note
1 The Arabic Version: Source and Conception
1.1 Athanasius Dabbās - The Hierarch, the Scholar
1.2 The Source
1.3 The Arabic Title
1.4 Authorship
1.5 Distinctions in Content
1.6 Novelty of the Present Work
2 The Arabic Text
2.1 Language Variety
2.2 Editorial Principles
2.3 Arabic Language Features
3 The English Translation
3.1 Translation Principles
3.2 Biblical Quotations
3.3 Additional Features
3 General Survey of the Manuscripts
Source-Manuscripts of this Edition
Other Manuscripts
Arabic Edition and English Translation
Introduction - المقدمة
Book One - الجزء الاوّل
Book Two - الجزء الثاني
Book Three - الجزء الثالث
Appendix
Sources
Index of Biblical Quotations
Index of Classical Authors and Works
Index of Names
Figures
