Beast of prey
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
a rapacious beast of prey · beasts of prey · sibāʻ · السبع الضاري
spoken of as
1 expressionBeasts of prey1 mention
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq (Arabic)
If he wills, he goes down to the level of the predatory soul, obeying it, and becomes one beast of prey among beasts of prey.
in the texts
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq
Predatory animals, the class man joins when the irascible soul rules him.
If he wills, he goes down to the level of the predatory soul, obeying it, and becomes one beast of prey among beasts of prey.
Adab al-wazīr
A rapacious beast of prey, the animal analogy for the profligate official who must be kept fed to be kept tame.
" One of this sort is put to use by a provision that keeps him supplied and an attentiveness that keeps him satisfied, for he is like a rapacious beast of prey: