Golestan (Rose Garden) Saadi (Abu Muhammad Muslih al Din bin Abdallah Shirazi) Chapter VII, story 15 Once, a great man who had lost his beloved son was asked what to write on his son’s grave. The father replied: The verses of the Quran are too sacred to be inscribed in such a place, where time … Read more
Legend has it that Franz Kafka encountered a little girl in the park where he walked every day. The girl was crying. She had lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka offered to help her find the doll, so they agreed to meet at the same spot the next day. Since he didn’t find the … Read more
The text is a story about a frog in an abandoned well talking to a giant turtle from the Eastern Ocean. The frog expresses its happiness and contentment with its simple life in the well, highlighting the joys it finds in its surroundings. The giant turtle, tempted by the frog’s description, tries to enter the … Read more
popis literature koju je čitala, Truhelka je uspjela stvoriti autentičan glas u svom pisanju. Njeni likovi često su bili dječaci i djevojčice koji su se suočavali s izazovima odrastanja i tražili ljepotu u svijetu oko sebe. Ono što je posebno istaknuto u Truhelkinoj prozi je njen pristup prirodi. Ona je vjerovala u ljepotu prirode i … Read more
When Hafiz was once asked: Who is a poet?, he replied: A poet is someone who is capable of pouring light into a glass, then raising it and quenching your beautiful dry, sacred mouth. Iranian poet Shamsuddin Muhammad (around 1320 – 1389), better known by his nickname, Hafiz, which in Arabic means the one who … Read more
Who hasn’t heard of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza? Spotting a young man reading a book while slapping his forehead and laughing, Spanish King Philip III said in the 17th century, “This guy is either crazy or reading Don Quixote.” A courtier went to ask the young man about the book and hurriedly informed the … Read more
During the Renaissance, while Europe was experiencing a flourishing in all areas of knowledge, a man was born in India who, as the emperor of Hindustan, directed his efforts towards the realization of a bold social, political, and spiritual vision: the harmonious coexistence of different peoples and religions in his empire. His name was Abu’l-Fath … Read more
The Enlightenment of the 18th century and positivism of the 19th century will be characterized by the flourishing of science and the general dominance of rational interpretation over intuitive perception of reality. As a result, mythology will be almost completely neglected. For an educated person in Western culture, myths were nothing more than beautiful stories … Read more
During the 5th and 4th centuries BC, rhetoric, or the art of beautiful and correct speaking, was considered one of the important civic skills in Athens, and Isocrates was renowned as one of the greatest orators of classical Greece. His principles became the foundation of education in most European schools until the 18th century. Isocrates … Read more
