Episode 42 - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Part 1
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Selections from the 5th edition of Edward FitzGerald's classic translation of the rubais, or quatrains, of the Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyam.
Greek philosopher Pythagoras, while sojourning in India, encounters an herb, an oyster, and a mob of Hindus bent on burning two men at the stakes for the perceived heresies of questioning religious traditional wisdom.
More aphorisms and commentary from Balthasar Gracián, the 17th century Spanish Jesuit philosopher, offering counsel on surviving and thriving in the life of the court and society in general.
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