The Philosophical Dimension of the Truth Narrative in the First Examples of Symbolic Oriental Stories
The first examples of symbolic stories in the East, from this perspective, these texts offer a common method for those who seek the truth, both philosophically and from a mystical perspective. This method includes a number of practices to prevent things that cause a person to be blind to their mind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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Istanbul University Press
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Şarkiyat Mecmuası |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/47544B80577F40A39542D338E20B58D3 |
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| Summary: | The first examples of symbolic stories in the East, from this perspective, these texts offer a common method for those who seek the truth, both philosophically and from a mystical perspective. This method includes a number of practices to prevent things that cause a person to be blind to their mind and deaf to themselves. These practices are both physical and spiritual, such as abandoning carnal desires, asceticism, deep contemplation, and mystical journeys. This study first attempts to explain that Salaman and Absal, a Western source work taken from ancient Greek texts and written with Islamic literature, point to the samethings by analyzing them from both Peripatetic philosophy and Sufism perspectives. By applying a similar method in Hayy bin Yaqzan and finally in Gabriel’s Wing Voice, it was concluded that man’s understanding of the truth depends on his turning away from material pleasures, purifying his soul, and diving into both rational and mystical contemplation. The greatest help in reaching this result was the emanation theory of Peripatetic philosophy and the ser u süluk theory of Sufism. This study has shown that religion and philosophy can meet on the same ground and express the journey to truth, which is accepted metaphysically in, the same way in essence, even though the language is different. |
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| ISSN: | 2717-6916 |