Thiruvaḷḷuvar
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Thiruvaḷḷuvar · c. 450–500 CE
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Poetry and ethics — author of the Thirukkuṟaḷ, 1,330 two-line verses on virtue, statecraft and love.
“Fifteen centuries of Jains, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, atheists and governments have all insisted the author of the Thirukkuṟaḷ was one of their own — because he wrote 1,330 couplets on how to live and never once told anyone which side he was on.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“A complete guide to being human can be written without naming a god, a caste or a scripture — and if you compress each teaching into two perfect lines, every kind of person will carry it, and every kind of person will claim it.”
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