East, Southeast, and Central Asia
(includes China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Malaysia, Central Asia)
- Hussein Ye (1950-), Malaysia
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Malaysia
- Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978), China
- Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Singapore
- Sheikh Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952-), Uzbekistan
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Famous quotes containing the words central and/or asia:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“[N]o combination of dictator countries of Europe and Asia will halt us in the path we see ahead for ourselves and for democracy.... The people of the United States ... reject the doctrine of appeasement.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)