Friday, December 14, 2007

النور يأتي من طهطا

Reading a wonderful book suggested by a wonderful Teacher on a wonderful Father, I expected a flux of surprises, but not two beautiful lines of poetry on the controversial relationship between Ethics and Aesthetics. It now seems I was mistaken. Our expectations about the Intellectual should have no limits. And when you bestow the title on the right man, you are never disappointed.
أصبو إلى كل ذي جمال ... ولست من صبوتي أخاف
وليس بي في الهوى ارتياب ... ولكن شيمتي العفاف
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صندوق المفاجآت تحتضنه دفتي كتاب "رفاعة الطهطاوي: رائد التنوير في العصر الحديث" للدكتور محمد عمارة
النور يأتي من طهطا: عنوان أحد فصول كتاب" أبناء رفاعة: الثقافة والحرية" لبهاء طاهر

5 comments:

Beautiful Mind said...

يارفاعه يا طهطاوى ياجدنا العزيز
:)
enjoy his beautiful words...we cant stop learning from them..they r like diamonds never fade out and they will stay brighting till forever>

Aladdin said...

Refa'a will always be an unformidable source of "sweetness" and "light" (rightfully and perhaps embarrassingly before the revered Matthew Arnold!!)

كلمات said...
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كلمات said...

Beautiful Mind,
إيه يا زين؟
إنت من سوهاج ولا إيه؟؟
:))

Aladdin,
:))
What a prophetic comment!!
I am sinisterly reading "Culture and Anarchy" simultaneously with "Al Ibreez"!!
The "confrontation" is a real surprise.

Anonymous said...

:))))

LIGHT...and Enlightenment :)