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DEDICATION (by special permission of His Majesty the Emperor of the French)

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PREFACE

ix

INTRODUCTION

1

PART I.

CHAP.

I.

Of the Traveller, the Goal, the Stages, and the Road

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II.

Of Law, Doctrine, and Truth

7

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III.

Concerning the Perfect Man, and the Perfectly Free Man

11

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IV.

Concerning Fellowship, and Renunciation

14

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V.

Concerning Attraction, and Devotion

19

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VI.

Concerning Counsel

21

PART II.

CHAP.

I.

Concerning the Nature of God

22

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II.

Concerning the Attributes of God

27

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III.

Concerning the Works of God, physically considered

29

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IV.

Concerning the Works of God, metaphysically considered

33

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V.

Of the four Universal Sources

38

PART III.

CHAP.

I.

The Saintly and Prophetic Offices defined

43

PART IV.

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CHAP.

I.

On the Influence of Early Prejudice upon Belief

45

PART V.

THE STUDY OF MAN.

CHAP.

I.

Grounds for the Discussion

50

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II.

Of the Origin and Animal Development of Man

51

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III.

Of the Intellectual and Spiritual Development of Man

55

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IV.

Of the Upward Progress or Ascent of Man

58

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V.

Conclusion

64

APPENDIX.

Glossary of Technical and Allegorical Terms in use among the Sufi Poets

69

INDEX

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