{"collection":"asia","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/asia/lsbh/lsbh01.htm","path":"asia/lsbh/lsbh01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/asia/lsbh/lsbh01.htm","text":"The Laughable Stories of Bar-Hebraeus, by Bar-Hebraeus, tr. E.A.W. Budge, [1897]\n| | Page | \n| Preface | VII | \n| Introduction | XIII | \n| Prologue by Bar-Hebr\u00e6us | 3 | \n| List of Chapters | 5 | \n| Sayings of the Greek Philosophers | 7 | \n| Sayings of the Persian Sages | 18 | \n| Sayings of the Indian Sages | 28 | \n| Sayings of the Hebrew Sages | 31 | \n| Sayings of the Christian Recluses | 38 | \n| Sayings of the Muhammadan Kings | 56 | \n| Stories of teachers and learned men | 66 | \n| Sayings of the Arab Ascetics | 70 | \n| Sayings of Physicians | 80 | \n| Stories of the speech of irrational beasts | 90 | \n| Stories of those whose dreams have come true | 95 | \n| Stories of wealthy and liberal men | 105 | \n| Stories of Misers | 111 | \n| Stories of men who followed despised handicrafts | 122 | \n| Stories of actors and comedians | 129 | \n| Stories of clowns and simpletons | 140 | \n| Stories of lunatics and demoniacs | 156 | \n| Stories of thieves and robbers | 165 | \n| Stories of wonderful events | 170 | \n| Physiognomical characteristics described | 177 | \n| Apologue by Bar-Hebr\u00e6us | 186 | \n| Miscellaneous moral exhortations | 187 | \n| Bar-Hebr\u00e6us on the death of John Bar-Ma\u2018Dan\u00ee | 193 | \n| Index | 199-204 |","title":"The Laughable Stories of Bar-Hebraeus: Contents","type":"page"}