Rafael Ramón Guerrero

Erotics and Kwowledge related to a short-story in The Thousand and One Nights

Erótica y Saber a propósito de un cuento de Las Mil y Una Noches

Published in Mirabilia 1

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The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of tales; many of which exposed a wisdom elaborated along the history by various peoples. A tale collects the conception that Greek philosophy, since Plato, set up and developed about love as a trend toward wisdom. In this article, I recall shortly this process through Greek philosophy, Christian world and medieval Islam, and I finally sketch the tale of the Thousand and One Nights.