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Mevlânâ'dan

-Şehirli- dedi: “Bu doğrudur. Ey oğulcuk! Fakat kendisine iyilik yaptığın kişinin kötülüğünden sakın. Dostluk son nefesin tohumudur. Onun bozulması endişesiyle korkuyorum.”

Ey dostlar! Gönül, güven yurdudur. orada pınarlar, gül bahçesi içinde gül bahçesi vardır. Ey yürüyen! Kalbine yönel ve yürü; orada ağaçlar ve akan pınarlar vardır. Köye gitme; köy adamı ahmak yapar; aklı nursuz ve cansız yapar. Ey seçkin kişi! Peygamberin sözünü dinle: “Köyde yerleşmek, aklın mezarıdır.” Kim bir gün ve gece köyde kalsa, bir aya kadar aklı tamam olmaz. Bir aya kadar ahmaklık onunla birliktedir. Köy otundan bunlardan başka ne biçilir. Köyde bir ay kalan kişide bir zaman cahillik ve körlük olur. Köy nedir? Ermemiş, taklide ve delile tutunmuş şeyh. Bu duygular, küllî akıl şehri önünde değirmende gözü bağlı eşekler gibidir.

Tahta oturduklarında padişahların elleri kılıçlı dehşetli adamları bulunur. Sopa, mızrak ve kılıçları vardır; heybetlerinden aslanlar titrer. Çavuşların seslerinden ve sopaların korkusundan canlar gevşer. Bu sesler, geçmekte olan özel ve halktan kişileri padişahtan haberdar etmek içindir. Bu haşmet, halkın, başlarına kibir külahı koymamaları içindir. Böylece onların ben ve bizleri kırılır; bencil nefis, fitne ve kötülük yapmaz. Şehir, padişahın ceza olarak darbesi ve yakalaması olduğu için güvendedir.

Aristotales

The political nature of Stagira’s “place” is equally ambiguous. Mogens H. Hansen (1995, 75) describes it as “the borderland” between city-state and municipality, an entity that transgresses conventional (oppositional) principles of territorial identification, bearing characteristics of both an independent entity (polis) in Hellas and a dependent entity (ko̅me̅) associated with barbarian habitations in Macedon. Stagira, Aristotales'in doğduğu kenttir. (DrOS)

Diğer

“There he is!” the hunter exclaimed. “That is the savage man I have brought you to see! As soon as he sees you, he will approach you. Do not be afraid, for I am certain he will not hurt you. Let him get to know you, and teach him what it is to be a human being.” Enkidu was fascinated by the woman, and he spent six days and seven nights with her. He forgot the grassy plain where he had been born, the hills where he had roamed, and the wild animals that had been his companions. Later, when he was ready to rejoin the wild beasts of the plain, they sensed that Enkidu was now a human being. Even the gazelles drew away from him in fright. Enkidu was so surprised by their change in behavior that, at first, he stood completely still. When he tried to rejoin them, he found that he could no longer run with the speed of a gazelle. He was no longer the wild man that he had been. However, he had gained something in return for the speed that he had lost, for he now possessed greater understanding and wisdom. He returned to the woman, sat down at her feet, and looked into her face attentively. The priestess said, “Enkidu, when I look upon you now, I can see that you have become wise like one of the heavenly gods. Why do you still want to roam over the grassy plains with the wild beasts? Leave this wild country to the shepherds and the hunters, and come with me. Let me take you into the strong-walled city of Uruk, to the marketplace and to the sacred Temple of Anu and Ishtar. In Uruk you will meet the mighty King Gilgamesh. He has performed great heroic deeds, and he rules the people of the city like a wild bull. You will love him as you love yourself.”