Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna

Undoubtedly, Ibn Sina is the most important philosopher in the Islamic world. Understanding his thought requires new readings that can enable us to comprehend and explain philosophy in the Islamic world more accurately. To this end, in the first step of this research, the concept of philosophy in Ib...

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Main Author: Seyed Amirreza Mazari
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Published: Imam Sadiq University 2024-03-01
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description Undoubtedly, Ibn Sina is the most important philosopher in the Islamic world. Understanding his thought requires new readings that can enable us to comprehend and explain philosophy in the Islamic world more accurately. To this end, in the first step of this research, the concept of philosophy in Ibn Sina's view has been analyzed. This analysis is refined in the reading of the idea of philosophy as a way of life, whose architect is the French philosopher Pierre Hadot. Hadot's work on ancient philosophy challenged the understanding of that period by contemporary philosophers. It seems that such a reading can also be applied on the philosophy in the Islamic world. This can be better understood in light of the Muslim philosophers' view of happiness. To this end, by presenting a holistic view of Ibn Sina's thought, we will show that Ibn Sina's existential view is consistent with his philosophical system. It seems that such an explanation offers a more useful reading of Ibn Sina in Hadot's idea. Therefore, to achieve this goal, this research has attempted to briefly explain the importance of the question of what philosophy is among contemporary thinkers and then present a theory of philosophy as a way of life. In the following, an attempt has been made to examine the concept of philosophy in Ibn Sina's thought with the aforementioned idea and an analysis of the necessity of accepting Ibn Sina's holistic system.
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spelling doaj-art-0a7cc7cc1e1f4e4a89d400706e06ef802024-11-10T11:07:29ZfasImam Sadiq Universityحکمت سینوی2538-52752538-52672024-03-01287117920310.30497/ap.2024.246189.167977468Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to AvicennaSeyed Amirreza Mazari0PhD of Kalam and Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.Undoubtedly, Ibn Sina is the most important philosopher in the Islamic world. Understanding his thought requires new readings that can enable us to comprehend and explain philosophy in the Islamic world more accurately. To this end, in the first step of this research, the concept of philosophy in Ibn Sina's view has been analyzed. This analysis is refined in the reading of the idea of philosophy as a way of life, whose architect is the French philosopher Pierre Hadot. Hadot's work on ancient philosophy challenged the understanding of that period by contemporary philosophers. It seems that such a reading can also be applied on the philosophy in the Islamic world. This can be better understood in light of the Muslim philosophers' view of happiness. To this end, by presenting a holistic view of Ibn Sina's thought, we will show that Ibn Sina's existential view is consistent with his philosophical system. It seems that such an explanation offers a more useful reading of Ibn Sina in Hadot's idea. Therefore, to achieve this goal, this research has attempted to briefly explain the importance of the question of what philosophy is among contemporary thinkers and then present a theory of philosophy as a way of life. In the following, an attempt has been made to examine the concept of philosophy in Ibn Sina's thought with the aforementioned idea and an analysis of the necessity of accepting Ibn Sina's holistic system.https://ap.isu.ac.ir/article_77468_e054e4f2292d77e97493479d2293622d.pdfphilosophy as a way of lifepierre hadotavicennarational progress
spellingShingle Seyed Amirreza Mazari
Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
حکمت سینوی
philosophy as a way of life
pierre hadot
avicenna
rational progress
title Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
title_full Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
title_fullStr Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
title_full_unstemmed Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
title_short Applying Pierre Hadot’s Theory of the Nature of Philosophy to Avicenna
title_sort applying pierre hadot s theory of the nature of philosophy to avicenna
topic philosophy as a way of life
pierre hadot
avicenna
rational progress
url https://ap.isu.ac.ir/article_77468_e054e4f2292d77e97493479d2293622d.pdf
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