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Wisdom of the Idiots

Idries Shah

Wisdom of the Idiots
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In Idries Shah’s Wisdom of the Idiots, the ‘idiots’ are Sufis, called this because their wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowledgeable. The exercise-stories of the Sufis are tools prepared for a specific purpose. On this level the movements of the characters in a story portray psychological processes, and the story becomes a working blueprint of those processes. Wisdom of the Idiots has been awarded many prizes, including two gold medals, one for being ‘Best Book’, in conjunction with UNESCO’s World Book Year.
paperback  179 pages  ISBN:0 863040 46 2   £8.95
hardback  192 pages  ISBN:0 900860 10 3   £14.95
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