Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Dangerous speech displaced to another speaker

dangerous_speech_displaced_to_another_speaker

A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Falsehood and False Teaching. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3553-3644 confidence: medium

    Hafiz inserts another couplet saying the dangerous lines are the opinion of a heretical Christian; he is cleared and praised for exposing an infidel error.

    Hafiz avoids a charge by inserting a couplet stating that the dangerous lines are the opinion of a heretical Christian, not his own.

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