Alexander King (chemist)
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Alexander King was a British chemist and pioneer of the sustainable development movement who co-founded the Club of Rome in 1968 with the Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei. The Club was one of the
King in 1987
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition. Shah wrote over three
Alexander King (chemist)
…co-authored An Eye to the Future (1975) for the London-based Institute for Cultural Research, which was founded and directed by the writer and thinker, Idries Shah, a fellow member of the Club of Rome. The King family originated from Dunblane and Doune in Scotland. Alexander King's father, James Mitchell King…
Idries Shah telling a story to his children
Whose Beard? Nasruddin dreamt that he had Satan's beard in his hand. Tugging the hair he cried: "The pain you feel is nothing compared to that which you inflict on the mortals you lead astray." And he gave the beard such a tug that he woke up yelling in agony. Only then did he realise that the beard he held in his hand was his own. — − Idries Shah
The grave of Idries Shah in Brookwood Cemetery
Nobel-prize winner Doris Lessing was profoundly influenced by Shah.