There are several texts pertaining to Perisian painting which explain its aesthetics on the basis of mysticism and the notion of imaginal world. This point of view bears some methodological problems. Some of the prominent scholars (Corbin, Burckhardt, Nasr, Ringgenberg et al.) refering to Ibn ‘Arabi’s mystical notions, have tried to show that the specific aesthetics o...

there are several studies pertaining to perisian painting which explain its aesthetics on the basis of mysticism and the notion of imaginal world. this point of view bears some methodological problems. some of the prominent scholars (burckhardt, nasr, ringgenberg), refering to ibn arabi’s mystical notions, have tried to show that the specific aesthetics of persian painting has been derived from...

in the nineteenth century, with the rise of the literary schoolsin france and giving heed to oriental literacy and mysticalworks, the commentators and translators of ibn sina began towork on his treatises. since they knew ibn sina as anaristotelian philosopher, the following question was raised:why has aristotelian ibn sina given heed to mysticalattitudes? in response to the question whether or...

defamiliarization, the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar, is the main function of artistic literature. paradox is one of its techniques. paradox is used either syntactically or semantically. ibn al-farid was a mystic sufi poet gifted by mystical perceptions in addition to his poetic talents....

molana' s school of mystical thinking is deemed to be thoroughly independent from that of ibn-e arabi. to simply demonstrate that molana visited ibn-e arabi in damascus ( at the time when molana was young and the latter quite old), and that molana associated with and developed friendship with sadr-e ghunavi ( the greatest advocate of ibn-e arabi), and that they shared common viewpoints are...

"Ibn Sina (Arabic), also known as Avicenna (Latin) and Abu Ali Sina (Persian) was the most original and systematic Muslim philosopher. In this light he is mentioned by two celebrated historians of medieval western philosophy: A. Maurer states, "...his [ibn Sina's] philosophy is a highly personal achievement, ranking among the greatest in the history of philosophy;" and F. Copleston holds, "The ...

the present article explains the notion of symbol and metaphor in ricoeur's philosophy and tries to consider the relation between them in his whole philosophical perspective to answer the following questions: whether this two notions are the same or each one belongs to completely different realms? what kind of relation is there between tham? whether there is any conceptual or functional re...