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Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Mofid University, Qom, Iran.
10.22096/ek.2015.26288
Abstract
In his Oriental Essays, Ibn-Sina puts away the languge of argument, and presents his philosophy by using fictional language and metaphors. To investigate why Ibn-Sina has used such an artistic language, in this paper, first, we will consider the special function of genere of fiction in Ibn-Sina’s opinion. It will be shown that for Ibn-Sina the imaginary language of poem has exceptional role in moral guiding the addressees of his philosophy. Then, by focusing on the common points between art and morality from Ibn-Sina’s philosophical point of view, the theoretical foundations of studying ethical problems in a framework of art will be examined. After explaining the role of imaginal power in the epistemic process of abstraction, we will show how Ibn-Sina has used an imaginary language to make his moral principles acceptable. Finally, by appealing to imagination as a mediator between sense-perception and intellectual discernment, the relation between vrious aspects and fields of Ibn- Sina’s moral philosophy as another consequence of his use of metaphors and imaginative language will be introduced.
Jafarian,M. H. and Moosavi Karimi,M. S. (2015). Evaluation of the Ethical Function of Genre of Fiction in Ibn-Sina’s Oriental Essays. Existence and Knowledge, 2(1), 133-144. doi: 10.22096/ek.2015.26288
MLA
Jafarian,M. H. , and Moosavi Karimi,M. S. . "Evaluation of the Ethical Function of Genre of Fiction in Ibn-Sina’s Oriental Essays", Existence and Knowledge, 2, 1, 2015, 133-144. doi: 10.22096/ek.2015.26288
HARVARD
Jafarian M. H., Moosavi Karimi M. S. (2015). 'Evaluation of the Ethical Function of Genre of Fiction in Ibn-Sina’s Oriental Essays', Existence and Knowledge, 2(1), pp. 133-144. doi: 10.22096/ek.2015.26288
CHICAGO
M. H. Jafarian and M. S. Moosavi Karimi, "Evaluation of the Ethical Function of Genre of Fiction in Ibn-Sina’s Oriental Essays," Existence and Knowledge, 2 1 (2015): 133-144, doi: 10.22096/ek.2015.26288
VANCOUVER
Jafarian M. H., Moosavi Karimi M. S. Evaluation of the Ethical Function of Genre of Fiction in Ibn-Sina’s Oriental Essays. Existence and Knowledge, 2015; 2(1): 133-144. doi: 10.22096/ek.2015.26288