Motif
recognition followed by reversal of life
recognition_followed_by_reversal_of_life
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Fate and Mortality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI / APPENDIX I / MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS; lines 5305-5393 confidence: high
The passage names the four cases as highwayman, prince, theologian, and poet, and says they show Recognition and Revolution turning life from chaotic dream into well-ordered drama of which God is the Protagonist, with illustration in Islam as in Christianity.
The concluding paragraph explicitly applies Aristotle’s terms Recognition and Revolution to the four conversion cases.
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