For many scholars, the Cartesian mind/body split is one of the fundamental mistakes of the Western scientific tradition. Anthropologists who study notions of the body in cultures around the world regularly take Descartes as their point of departure. Many also suggest that breaking free from Descartes is politically liberating: if the mindful body could be rediscovered, society could move away f...

ferdowsi has composed a few lines concerning himself at the end of the story of shapur-e zulaktaf beginning with: چو آدینه هرمزد بهمن بود بر این کار فرّخ نشیمن بود scholars have proposed different hypotheses about these lines. some believe that these lines reflect ferdowsi’s desire to see the prophet mohammad after his death, as the pleasure of completing this part of shāh-nāmeh, and the celebra...

the major part of the qur'anic verses is devoted to the human needed religious commandments including political, economic, judicial, penal instructions which are known among islamic jurists and commentators as “the ayat al-ahkam”. but about the exact number of these verses, there is a long dispute among islamic scholars which their viewpoints are categorized into five main theories. most s...

“maqamat” ,written by badi al-zaman hamadani, known as “maqamqt al-kodyah”, is a book written in 4th century (hijra) and the scholars have paid attention to it from that age till now. also the structure trait of maqamat has absorbed effort of researchers to itself and lead them to have less consider to the meaning aspect of this book. therefore some scholars believe that the badi al- zaman’s ef...

the sixth parliament in the wednesday 1379/17/01 at an open session passed the law of organ transplant including a single article and three notes. in this note designate that the reference of organ transplant is the will of the patient and the permission of his relation after the death. at the present paper, the author analyzes the view point and opinion of the scholars regarding the possibilit...