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Zakariya al-Qazwini’s Followers (13)
Zakariya al-Qazwini
Born
Qazvin, Iran
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عجائب المخلوقات و غرائب الموجودات
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published
1247
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16 editions
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Zakarija ben Muhammed ben Mahmud el-cazwini's Kosmographie...
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“If a person sees a beehive, and has not seen one previously, he will become bewildered because he does not understand who made it. If he then learns that it is the work of the bee, he will be bewildered again by how this weak creature makes these hexagons, the likes of which a skilled engineer would be unable to make with a compass and ruler.”
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“If you want to be certain [of what seems strange], then get to work testing it. But beware of being misled, or of being overcome with fatigue, or of becoming fed-up if [your rest] does not come out right once or twice . . . If you see a magnet that does not attract iron, then do not deny its characteristic property, but set your sights on investigating its various states until its power becomes evident to you.”
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“They said: 'ajab is the bewilderment that befalls a person because of his failure to understand the cause of something, or to understand the effect of the cause of something upon it [or alternately, upon him].”
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