Oddbean new post about login | logout "I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?" The Mystics of Islam (1914) edited by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson Rūmī was born #OTD in 1207. He was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. via @b32610c7 Books by Rumi at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/43130 #books #literature https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/153/323/132/225/231/original/28ee7d9c2e1cd112.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/153/327/322/631/721/original/3ffbf7f6a742403a.jpg
