Philosophical prose has a long-standing tradition in both Eastern and Western cultures. With the emergence of Zen Platonic dialogues, writers throughout history have used non-fiction to portray nuances human experience. This approach capacity bring ideas life facilitate new ways thinking about world around us. Following these traditions, this experimental piece provides an autobiographical rete...

Urinary lithiasis and gout were uncommonly prevalent in the eighteenth century. This essay considers the history of both afflictions and especially tells of the last illnesses of Sir Robert Walpole, who died from complications of stone, and his son, Horace, who throughout his life was a sufferer of gout.

al-shanfarā (6th century bc) with a group of poets such as taabbata sharran (“he who has put evil in his armpit”) are among the best known of the sulūk (“brigand”) poets. shanfarā was depicted as living a life of solitude and hardship based on the looting and plundering. shanfarā has two long and famous odes. one of them is tāeiyeh and the other is lāmiyyatu'l arab. lāmiyyatu'l arab i...