Mark Brawner kindly notified me some time ago about the complete text of Walter Kaufmann’s The Faith of a Heretic at archive.org. It is being shared here for the improvement of mankind educational purposes only.
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The Faith of a Heretic - Walter Kaufmann (PDF~21MB)
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Photographs by Taimur Khan.
My Superstars
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Collected on my random visits to various web museums.
Asian Art
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Photos & captions by Fawad Khan.
Nepal - Fawad Khan
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Austria - Aftab Khan
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“On the very first day of my first and recent visit to Vienna, I went to 19 Berg Gasse, Freud’s residence and clinic for forty-seven years (1891-1938). It was such an experience that I had to go there again a few days later. I also walked through the street and followed his footsteps […]
Photos and captions by Fawad Khan
Italy & Austria - Fawad Khan
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The Grey Francolin or Grey Partridge Francolinus pondicerianus is a species of partridge found in the plains and drier parts of South Asia. They are locally called Teetar after their call which is a loud repeated Ka-tee-tar - tee-tar although teetar means bird in the general sense in Urdu and related languages. Paired birds routinely […]
Socrates - the man and the myth (right-click and save the mp3 file)
Of all the names in ancient philosophy, Socrates is one to conjure with. Born in 469 BC into the golden age of the city of Athens, his impact is so profound that all the thinkers who went before are simply known as pre-Socratic.
In […]
In the first week of September this year, Fawad was there.
Naraan - Fawad Khan
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…every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Bugs, etc. - Taimur Khan
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MFA, Boston: Interactive Tours
This section of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website is a real goldmine featuring thousands of artworks variously arranged according to region, period, theme, medium, etc. including interesting photographs like the one above. Alongside the collection search options, it could possibly be a delightful starting point for any visitor.
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11 August 2007: A large grasshopper posing patiently for a portrait in a seasonably hot and hazy afternoon.
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Botticelli | Leonardo | Dürer | Raphael | Bronzino | Caravaggio | Rembrandt | Manet | Monet | van Gogh
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Photos by Brian Lee: Jan 1998 - 18 Mar 2007.
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Sound track performed by Yo-Yo Ma: Bach’s Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 In G Major- Sarabande
Click here for links to the original art used in this sequence.
1 - 0:00 Archangel(Angel of the Golden Locks) Novgorod School, Russia 2nd half of the 12th c.
2 - 0:01 La Scapigliata(The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair) Da Vinci, Leonardo 1508
3 - 0:03 The Madonna […]
This film is dedicated to the great artists of Islam whose names are unrecorded.
The art critic and art lover, Waldemar Januszczak, sets out on an epic journey of discovery across the Muslim world from Central Asia, to the heart of the Middle East and beyond to reveal a world of awe-inspiring architecture, spectacular Islamic treasures […]
Zhong Kui (Shoki), the Demon Queller, on a Donkey
Japanese, Edo period, 18th–19th century
I cannot take my eyes off this beautiful drawing. I can almost imagine it to be my portrait from a previous life, and remain pleasantly undecided if I can identify better with the rider or the donkey: both are sketched well enough to […]
Ruba’is by Hafiz
Calligrapher: Unknown
16th-17th centuries
Dimensions of Written Surface: 15 (w) x 25 (h) cm
Script: nasta’liq
This calligraphic fragment includes three iambic pentameter quatrains, or ruba’is, arranged in corresponding vertical and horizontal panels. The verses written diagonally in the upper right corner describe humans’ duplicity:
Yak sifat-i ‘ajab amad in ammara-ra / Bu al-’ajab ifrit-i mardum khwara-ra / […]
