num_pages: 254
description: This is the story of Mani, a forgotten figure, but whose name is yet, paradoxically, on everyone's lips.When using the words "Manichean" or "Manichaeism" one rarely thinks Mani, painter, doctor and Eastern philosopher of the third century, called "the Buddha of Light" by the Chinese and "the apostle of Jesus" by the Egyptians . His tolerant and humanist philosophy wanted to reconcile the religions of his time. It earned him persecution, torment and hatred...
language: English
title: The Gardens of Light
titlecomplete: The Gardens of Light
genres: Fiction, Historical, Religion, France, Lebanon, French Literature, Roman, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 4259
publisher: Time Warner Books Uk