The fastidious
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al-mutaʾanniqūn · the fastidious · the whole tribe of the fastidious · those fastidious people · المتأنقين
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Kitāb al-Safīnah al-Nūḥīyah fī al-sakīnah al-rūḥīyah
The over-refining party among the masters of hearts who extend the fourfold scheme by doubling each term, producing a soul of the soul and a secret of the secret.
the soul of the soul is below the soul, and the secret of the secret is above the secret;
Letters to Lucilius
Social critics who object to humane treatment of slaves while being hypocritical themselves
There is no reason, therefore, why those fastidious people should deter you from showing yourself cheerful toward your slaves and not haughtily their superior;
At this point the whole tribe of the fastidious will cry out at me: