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>>17318352
No that was Al-Ma'arri.

>Born in the city of Ma'arra during the Abbasid era, he studied in nearby Aleppo, then in Tripoli and Antioch. Producing popular poems in Baghdad, he nevertheless refused to sell his texts. In 1010, he returned to Syria after his mother began declining in health, and continued writing which gained him local respect.

>Described as a "pessimistic freethinker", al-Ma'arri was a controversial rationalist of his time,[3] citing reason as the chief source of truth and divine revelation.[2][4] He was pessimistic about life, describing himself as "a double prisoner" of blindness and isolation. He attacked religious dogmas and practices,[5][6] was equally critical and sarcastic about Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism,[4][5][6] and became a Deist.[4][6]

>He advocated social justice and lived a secluded, ascetic lifestyle.[2][3] He was a vegan, known in his time as moral vegetarianism, entreating: "do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals / Or the white milk of mothers who intended its pure draught / for their young".[7] Al-Ma'arri held an antinatalist outlook, in line with his general pessimism, suggesting that children should not be born to spare them of the pains and suffering of life.[2]

>>17084125
Antinatalism originated from Middle East 1000 years ago

>Al-Ma'arri

>Born in the city of Ma'arra during the Abbasid era, he studied in nearby Aleppo, then in Tripoli and Antioch. Producing popular poems in Baghdad, he nevertheless refused to sell his texts. In 1010, he returned to Syria after his mother began declining in health, and continued writing which gained him local respect.

>Described as a "pessimistic freethinker", al-Ma'arri was a controversial rationalist of his time,[3] citing reason as the chief source of truth and divine revelation.[2][4] He was pessimistic about life, describing himself as "a double prisoner" of blindness and isolation. He attacked religious dogmas and practices,[5][6] was equally critical and sarcastic about Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism,[4][5][6] and became a Deist

He advocated social justice and lived a secluded, ascetic lifestyle.[2][3] He was a vegan, known in his time as moral vegetarianism, entreating: "do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals / Or the white milk of mothers who intended its pure draught / for their young".[7] Al-Ma'arri held an antinatalist outlook, in line with his general pessimism, suggesting that children should not be born to spare them of the pains and suffering of life.[2]

>>17084125
Antinatalism originated from Middle East 1000 years ago

>Al-Ma'arri

>Born in the city of Ma'arra during the Abbasid era, he studied in nearby Aleppo, then in Tripoli and Antioch. Producing popular poems in Baghdad, he nevertheless refused to sell his texts. In 1010, he returned to Syria after his mother began declining in health, and continued writing which gained him local respect.

>Described as a "pessimistic freethinker", al-Ma'arri was a controversial rationalist of his time,[3] citing reason as the chief source of truth and divine revelation.[2][4] He was pessimistic about life, describing himself as "a double prisoner" of blindness and isolation. He attacked religious dogmas and practices,[5][6] was equally critical and sarcastic about Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism,[4][5][6] and became a Deist

>>17070491
kino

>The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by overevolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that certain deer in paleontological times succumbed as they acquired overly-heavy horns. The mutations must be considered blind, they work, are thrown forth, without any contact of interest with their environment.

>In depressive states, the mind may be seen in the image of such an antler, in all its fantastic splendour pinning its bearer to the ground.
>>17070466
Yes.

>Described as a "pessimistic freethinker", Al-Maʿarri was a controversial rationalist of his time, citing reason as the chief source of truth. He was pessimistic about life describing himself as "a double prisoner" of blindness and isolation. In an epigram he mentions a third prison, his soul being confined to his body. He attacked the dogmas of religion and rejected Islam. He was equally sarcastic towards the religions of Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. He advocated social justice, and lived a secluded, ascetic lifestyle. He was a strict vegetarian, writing "do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals."[2] Al-Maʿarri held an anti-natalist view, in line with his general pessimism, suggesting that children should not be born to spare them of the pains of life.[3]

Post-ironic shitpost reply know as "The Epistle of Forgiveness"
>Known as “one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature” (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qari. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qari’s hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists from the past. In al-Maarri’s imaginative telling, Ibn al-Qari also glimpses Hell and converses with the Devil and various heretics.

>>15849987
But Al-Ma'arri was born in 10th century anon

>Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri (Arabic أبو العلاء المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, full name أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaimān al-Tanūẖī al-Maʿarrī; 973–1057)
>Described as a "pessimistic freethinker", Al-Maʿarri was a controversial rationalist of his time, citing reason as the chief source of truth. He was pessimistic about life, describing himself as "a double prisoner" of blindness and isolation. He attacked the dogmas of religion and rejected Islam. He was equally sarcastic towards the religions of Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. He advocated social justice, and lived a secluded, ascetic lifestyle. He became a strict vegan, writing "do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals."[2] Al-Maʿarri held an anti-natalist view, in line with his general pessimism, suggesting that children should not be born to spare them of the pains of life.

>>15202994
>has little to nothing do do with diet.
Majority of viruses are contracted through the consumption of flesh or trafficking of animals. Abstinence from flesh would significantly reduce the amount of zoonotic diseases transmitted to humans from other animals.

80% of the world antibiotic supply goes to animal agriculture rapidly increasing the development of antibiotic resistant diseases.

>>15187544
Yet you are at Her mercy. Her suffering is your suffering.

>>15113256
Arabs and greeks thought about it first you abderite.

>>15067524
The book was written in 2018 desu. Has flesh corroded your mind?

>>15044260
Based
>You are diseased in understanding and religion.
>Come to me, that you may hear something of sound truth...
>>15044102
>>15044307
>And do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals,
>Or the white milk of mothers who intended its pure draught
>for their young, not noble ladies.
>And do not grieve the unsuspecting birds by taking eggs;
>for injustice is the worst of crimes.

I liked Al-Ma'arri's poetry a lot:
http://www.humanistictexts.org/al_ma'arri.htm