The Moving Finger Writes

• 18/4/2024
• One-minute read

The moving finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: Nor all your piety nor wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a line

Nor all your tears wash out a word of it

(Omar Khayyam, 1048–1131)

Here is a presentation file about Omar Khayyam, a Persian polymath, known for his contributions to Mathematics, Astronomy, Philosophy and Poetry.

Presentation file

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