Summary
This book collects statements made by Mohamed Morsi during his trial and imprisonment. The central argument is that Morsi’s detention and legal proceedings were politically motivated, and his statements serve as a defense of his legitimacy as Egypt’s first democratically elected president. The passages, however, do not contain any of Morsi’s own words or arguments; instead, they consist entirely of unrelated encyclopedia entries on historical figures like Thomas Abel, Peter Abelard, and Heloise. A reader expecting Morsi’s firsthand account will find no such content here. The book’s main themes—political persecution, judicial unfairness, and the struggle for democratic legitimacy—are implied by the title but unsupported by the provided text. What a reader takes away is a collection of historical biographies, not Morsi’s personal testimony.
Key concepts
- Invicta Veritas — A 1533 book by Thomas Abel defending Queen Catherine against Henry VIII’s divorce, published under a false pressmark to avoid suspicion.
- Conciliator differentiarum quae inter philosophos et medicos versantur — A 1472 work by Peter of Abano that reconciles differences between philosophical and medical systems, particularly those of Averroes and Arabian writers.
- Historia Calamitatum — Abelard’s autobiographical account of his misfortunes, which prompted Heloise’s first letter expressing her enduring passion and devotion.
- Sabellius heresy — The charge of Sabellianism—a denial of the Trinity’s distinct persons—leveled against Abelard at the 1121 Synod of Soissons, leading to his book being burned.
- Rule of the shorter term — A copyright principle applying the shorter of two countries’ copyright terms to foreign works, noted in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica’s public domain status.
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He was author of Quaestiones ( Sheiltoth ), a collection of homilies (at once learned and popular) on Jewish law and ethics. This is recorded to have been the first work written by a Jewish scholar after the completion of the Talmud.← Alphabet 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 'Al-phasi, Isaac Alphege, Saint → See also Isaac Alfasi on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 1202415 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — 'Al-phasi, Isaac ’AL-PHASI, ISAAC (1013–1103), Jewish rabbi and codifier, known as Riph , was born near Fez in 1013 and died at Lucena in 1103. ’Al-Phasi means the “man of Fez” (medieval Jews were often named after their birthplaces). He was forced to leave Fez when an old man of 75, being accused on some unknown political charge. He then…
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