Towards the close of his life, al-Jahiz had an attack of palsy, and one of his sides was so much inflamed, that he had to rub it with sandal-ointment and camphor, whilst the latter was so cold and benumbed, that, were it seized with pincers, it had been... Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary - Page 406by Ibn Khallikān - 1843Full view - About this book
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...religion. An offset of the Mu'tazilite sect was called al-Jahizfyya. It is said of the works of Jahiz 'that they teach us to reason first, and instruct us in literature next.' He was deformed in person, and the prominence of his eyes, which seemed to be starting out of his head,... | |
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