An Inquiry about moralities in the works of Hakim Nazaari Ghohestani

This paper is a selection and investigation of Hakim Nazaari’s poems which include some moral instructions. These instructions add up to 71 points in both books, for which this paper only investigates 12 cases. The method used is the study and derivation of all the verses in which at least one moral instruction could be found. In addition in order to find out whether the instructions attributed to Hakim Nazaari are also applicable to other men of letter this paper pays attention to the ideas and poems of these men as well.