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• catalog abstract "As Emerson was one of the greatest seminal minds of the 19th century, there is every reason why his contact with the mind of the Orient should be carefully traced - and particularly by someone who, as in the present instance, has come from this Asian background and had available to him a different kind of acquaintance with it than most American scholars ca have. Certainly, from what one already knows and from the account here given, it cannot be assumed that Emerson's relationship with the Orient was casual.".
• catalog alternative "Emerson and Persia".
• catalog contributor b10859635.
• catalog created "[1976]".
• catalog date "1976".
• catalog date "[1976]".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "[1976]".
• catalog description "As Emerson was one of the greatest seminal minds of the 19th century, there is every reason why his contact with the mind of the Orient should be carefully traced - and particularly by someone who, as in the present instance, has come from this Asian background and had available to him a different kind of acquaintance with it than most American scholars ca have. Certainly, from what one already knows and from the account here given, it cannot be assumed that Emerson's relationship with the Orient was casual.".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. 177-183.".
• catalog description "Preface : Willis Wager, professor of English, Boston University -- Introduction -- Symbols in transliteration -- Emerson's contact with the Orient -- The chronological development of Emerson's interest in Persian mysticism -- Emerson's transcendentalism in contact with Zoroastrianism and Oriental mysticism -- Emerson and Persian mysticism (Sufism) -- Parallelism between "the poet" and "the Sufi" -- Neo-Platonism as the origin of mysticism and of Emersonian thought -- The similarity of Neo-Platonism to Sufism and to Emersonian philosophy -- Similarities in mystical terms between Emerson and Persian mystics -- Emerson's philosophical principles and Persian mysticism -- The main doctrines of Persian mysticism -- The concept of absolute unity -- The concept of the universal mind -- The negative existence of evil -- The hierarchic degree of man's closeness to the over-soul -- Spiritual pride in Emerson and in the Sufi -- Symbolism in Sufi philosophy and in Emersonian thought -- The concept of grief in Persian mysticism and in Emersonian ideology -- Emerson and Hafiz -- J.D. Yohannan's study of Persian influences on Emerson -- A texts of Emerson's poems on Hafiz and Sa'di -- Check-list for Emerson's translation of Hafiz -- Discussion -- Other geneses of Persian mysticism -- Islamic origin of Persian thought -- The Aryan genesis of Persian mysticism -- Neo-Platonism : its influence on Esotericism and on transcendentalism -- The mysticism of Plotinus -- The diffusion of Neo-Platonism.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 200 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Emerson & Persia.".
• catalog isFormatOf "Emerson & Persia.".
• catalog isPartOf "Publications de l'Université de Tehran ; no 1515.".
• catalog isPartOf "Tehran University publications ; no. 1515".
• catalog issued "1976".
• catalog issued "[1976]".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "[Tehran] : Tehran University Press,".
• catalog relation "Emerson & Persia.".
• catalog subject "191".
• catalog subject "American literature 19th century History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Comparative literature American and Persian.".
• catalog subject "Comparative literature Persian and American.".
• catalog subject "Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Literature, Comparative American and Persian.".
• catalog subject "Literature, Comparative Persian and American.".
• catalog subject "Mysticism in literature.".
• catalog subject "PS1642.P5 I4".
• catalog subject "Persian literature 747-1500 History and criticism.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface : Willis Wager, professor of English, Boston University -- Introduction -- Symbols in transliteration -- Emerson's contact with the Orient -- The chronological development of Emerson's interest in Persian mysticism -- Emerson's transcendentalism in contact with Zoroastrianism and Oriental mysticism -- Emerson and Persian mysticism (Sufism) -- Parallelism between "the poet" and "the Sufi" -- Neo-Platonism as the origin of mysticism and of Emersonian thought -- The similarity of Neo-Platonism to Sufism and to Emersonian philosophy -- Similarities in mystical terms between Emerson and Persian mystics -- Emerson's philosophical principles and Persian mysticism -- The main doctrines of Persian mysticism -- The concept of absolute unity -- The concept of the universal mind -- The negative existence of evil -- The hierarchic degree of man's closeness to the over-soul -- Spiritual pride in Emerson and in the Sufi -- Symbolism in Sufi philosophy and in Emersonian thought -- The concept of grief in Persian mysticism and in Emersonian ideology -- Emerson and Hafiz -- J.D. Yohannan's study of Persian influences on Emerson -- A texts of Emerson's poems on Hafiz and Sa'di -- Check-list for Emerson's translation of Hafiz -- Discussion -- Other geneses of Persian mysticism -- Islamic origin of Persian thought -- The Aryan genesis of Persian mysticism -- Neo-Platonism : its influence on Esotericism and on transcendentalism -- The mysticism of Plotinus -- The diffusion of Neo-Platonism.".
• catalog title "Emerson & Persia : Emerson's developing interest in Persian mysticism / by Mansur Ekhtiar.".
• catalog title "Emerson and Persia".
• catalog type "text".