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THE ATLAS OF THE INMOST SELF
Oupnek'hat
the Oupnek'hat
nature
The Latin rendering, made from Dārā Shikōh's Persian, in a private hybrid of Latin syntax and transliterated Persian vocabulary that even sympathetic readers found close to unreadable.
The improbable link that worked anyway. Schopenhauer read this — not Sanskrit, not English — and it changed European philosophy.
rhymes with
sephirahhod
whyThe least elegant transmission on the bench, and one of the most effective.
tags
oupnekhat · 1801 · latin · anquetil · schopenhauer
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