 He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the...  The Family Library (Harper). - Página 1071842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Richard Ager Newhall - 1927 - 132 páginas
...im\provement of their rational faculties. — The teachers (of wisdom are the true luminaries and legislators of the (world, which, without their aid, would again sink into 'ignorance and barbarism." Arab-Greek and ArabLatin dictionaries were compiled to enable the Saracen savants to study the ancient... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1900 - 562 páginas
...their rational faculties ; the teachers of wisdom who are the true luminaries and legislators of this world, which, without their aid, would again sink into ignorance and barbarism." * Gibbon. Professional schools were organized ; that at Cairo setting the example of stringent entrance-requirements... | |
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