Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

Reviewing Ibn Sina's Book and Mystical Allegory

Document Type : Research

Author

Maryam Saneapou

Assistant Professor, Institute of Western Studies, Humanities Research Institute

Abstract
In this article, the book Ibn Sina and the mystical allegory and phenomenological discourse of Corbin on the Sinai wisdom are analyzed and evaluated. The phenomenological approach of Corbin in this book, unlike the subjective approaches of most Western Orientalists can open the door to a fair dialogue between different cultures, leading to a cultural-intellectual interaction that enriches the thinking and culture of both parties. For instance, this book provides a discussion of the relation between Shi'ite Illuminati rationality and Western abstract rationality, and compares the Eastern Sinai tradition with the Western Hermetic tradition, and thus examines the effectiveness and affectedness of Eastern and Western scholars on each other since the past to the present. Other points understood by the author of this article from the Corbin's book are the focus on the dialogues between Western myths and Eastern myths that give rise to a greater understanding of Western and Eastern cultures. One of the highlights of the book is Henry Corbin's non-religious look on the issue of Imamate in Imamieh Shi'ite, which can provide an excellent background for Shiite scholars to also pay close attention to world understanding in inter-cultural dialogue about their beliefs so that proper introduction of their epistemological teachings dismiss incorrect interpretations.

Keywords

Sinai Wisdom
Hermetic Wisdom
Eastern Rationality
Western Rationality
Salaman and Absal

Subjects

صدرالدین شیرازی (1410ق). الحکمه المتعالیه فی الاسفار الاربعه، ج 3، بیروت: دار احیاء التراث العربی.
کربن، هانری (1389). ابن‏سینا و تمثیل عرفانی، ترجمۀ انشاءالله رحمتی، تهران: سوفیا، بنیاد علمی و فرهنگی بوعلی‏سینا.
 
Antoine, Faivre (1995). The Eternal Hermes from Greek god to the Alchemical Magus with Thirty Nine Plates, Translated by Godwin, Phanes Press.
Hume, David (1962). A Treatise of Human Nature, Meridian Books.
Hamilton, Edith (1969). Mythology, Doris Fielding Reid.

  • Receive Date 08 March 2016
  • Revise Date 01 September 2016
  • Accept Date 20 April 2016

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