Epicurus and his Invitation to Wisdom
Ramon TORNÉ I TEIXIDÓ
Original title: Epicur i la seva invitació a la Saviesa
Published in Emotions in the Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean World
Keywords: Catalan translation, Epicurus, Letter to Meneceus, soul, wisdom.
The author presents the Letter to Meneceus underlining its human aspects, as being first of all an invitation to a thoughtful and calm life, the way of life to understand more and more which is the meaning of life itself. In a second part of its article a translation into Catalan of this letter is provided.
Erotics and Kwowledge related to a short-story in The Thousand and One Nights
Rafael Ramón Guerrero
Original title: Erótica y Saber a propósito de un cuento de Las Mil y Una Noches
Published in Mirabilia 1
Keywords: Arabic Philosophy., Erotic, Greek Philosophy, wisdom.
The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of tales; many of which exposed a wisdom elaborated along the history by various peoples. A tale collects the conception that Greek philosophy, since Plato, set up and developed about love as a trend toward wisdom. In this article, I recall shortly this process through Greek philosophy, Christian world and medieval Islam, and I finally sketch the tale of the Thousand and One Nights.
