Motif
late-civilization pessimism and heart-sickness
late_civilization_pessimism_and_heart_sickness
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 SIKANDER / FIRDUSI'S INVOCATION / FIRDUSI'S SATIRE ON MAHMUD / THE RUBIYT OF OMAR KHAYYM; lines 14619-14701 confidence: medium
The passage compares Omar with modern scientific and literary figures and says nineteenth-century Europe resembles twelfth-century intellectual Persia in religious pessimism.
The introduction frames Omar's pessimism as representative of intellectual Persia and compares it with nineteenth-century European religious restlessness, cynicism, and despair.
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