Ahmad Kasravi

Iranian academic (1890–1946).

Born September 29th, 1890 in Tabriz.

Died March 11th, 1946 at 55 years old in Tehran (stab wound).

Occupations
cultural critic, historian, journalist, judge, jurist, linguist, philosopher, theologian, writer
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon