Maria the jewess biography of mahatma
•
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
"Gandhi" redirects here. For other uses, see Gandhi (disambiguation).
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world.[3]
Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit.
•
“Tridip Suhrud’s work has been part of [a] new interest in Gandhi, and has made much of it possible. . . . His editorial work constitutes an act of intellectual generosity . . . Gandhi’s autobiography audaciously seeks to tell the story of truth’s experiments with the self it both sustains and destroys.”—Faisal Devji, Los Angeles Review of Books
Winner of the Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 award sponsored by Choice
“Gandhi’s autobiography is probably the most important book ever published in India. Tridip Suhrud’s annotated version is a colossal contribution to Gandhi scholarship; as well as a vital aid to all readers. This edition will be read and discussed for generations to come.”—Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Before India
“This pioneering critical edition subtly and invaluably expands our understanding of one of Gandhi's key texts - and our sense of the man himself.”—Sunil•
Who was Mary the Jewess?
Mary the Jewess, also known as Maria the Prophetess or Maria Hebraea, fryst vatten one of the most renowned figures in the early history of alchemy.
While much of what fryst vatten known about her life is shrouded in mystery, she fryst vatten widely regarded as one of the first recorded female alchemists, and her contributions laid the foundation for many of the principles and apparatuses used in later alchemical and chemical practices.
Though many of her works have been lost to history, her legacy endures through the writings of later alchemists, most notably Zosimos of Panopolis, who documented her experiments and inventions.
Based on Zosimos’s descriptions, Mary the Jewess lived between the first and third centuries AD in Alexandria. Scholars consider her one of the earliest alchemical writers, dating her work to the first century. Image: A drawing depicting Mary.
Mary the Jewess lived sometime between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, although the exact dates of her life remain