The Rubaiyat (Formatted with TOC)

Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet who wrote treatises on topics as diverse as mechanics, geography and music. His significance as a philosopher and teacher, and his few remaining philosophical works, have not received the same attention as his scientific and poetic writings. Zamakhshari referred to him as “the philosopher of the world”. Many sources have testified that he taught for decades the philosophy of Ibn Sina in Nishapur where Kha...