Comparing and Contrasting Fictional Treatises of Ibn Tufail and Suhrawardi | ||
| The International Journal of Humanities | ||
| Article 5, Volume 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 67-76 PDF (189.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| Author | ||
| Nadia Maftouni* | ||
| Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Islamic Wisdom, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The term ‘SciArt’ refers to bilateral relations between art and science, including artistically-inclined science, science-minded art, and intertwined SciArt activities. In this definition, different disciplines from metaphysics to physics are reckoned as science, as different types of art- from literature to music are counted as art. The SciArt approach, in the fields of philosophical inquiry, can be accounted for by Farabi’s works. As Farabi holds, rational well-being and rational truths just might be brought to mind of people via imagery and analogy. In Islamic philosophy, two representatives of the field are Ibn Tufail and Suhrawardi. I will compare and contrast the main characters of these two major figures in chronological order. Plus a few more philosophical and mystical issues Ibn Tufail developed in scientific matters like anatomy, autopsy, and vivisection in the non-allegorical style. Contrary to Ibn Tufail, Suhrawardi explains mystical vs. philosophical problems in his fictions, using the allegorical style. He represents the world of spheres and the sublunary realm by a variety of imageries like nine shells, eleven layers of a basin, and eleven mountains. Both Ibn Tufail and Suhrawardi use fictional manner to explain mystical as well as philosophical themes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fictional; Literal; Metaphorical; Rationality; Imagery | ||
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