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Jalal ad-Din ar- Rumi
(30 Sep 1207 - 17 Dec 1273)
Persian writer and poet whose lyrical poetry was influenced by music and natural rhythms. He was a Sufi mystic and founded a religious order, the Mevlevis.
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Science Quotes by Jalal ad-Din ar- Rumi (1 quote)
I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I became man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I became man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
— Jalal ad-Din ar- Rumi
'I Died as a Mineral', in Arthur John Arberry, Classical Persian Literature (1994), 241.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
