Sajjad Hejri
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Terminology is one of the necessities of any science, which, if done historically, would be doubly useful. Among the terms of practical philosophy, which although it is familiar and used extensively in the sciences of the Qur'an as well as in history and custom, as a philosophical expression, it has ...
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Terminology is one of the necessities of any science, which, if done historically, would be doubly useful. Among the terms of practical philosophy, which although it is familiar and used extensively in the sciences of the Qur'an as well as in history and custom, as a philosophical expression, it has not been studied from a historical point of view, it is the word مدنی, which is the relational adjective of مدینة. This term, which is widely used in the heritage of the Islamic world, is used in the title of the third branch of practical wisdom, الفلسفة المدنیة, and the infamous and fundamental term مدنی بالطبع which is central to philosophical anthropology and philosophy of social sciences, is derived from it. Therefore, it is necessary to address it, especially studying it in civilization studies is also necessary; because the word civilization is also based on it. By examining the مدینة and مدنی in the original dictionaries of the Arabic language such as Al-Ain, Mukhtar Al-Sahah, Tahzib Al-Loghah, as well as in books related to Quranic sciences, this article opens the way for its research in the Arabic reports/translations of Greek philosophical texts which by investigating them it seems that the unknown translator of Aristotle's Rhetoric is a pioneer in the use of مدینة and its derivatives in the Greek translation of πολις and its derivatives, and in the use of مدینی as a relational adjective is also unique and perhaps it is a sign of its antiquity.
Seyyed Jamal Same; Mohammad Javad Safian
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Aristotle is one of the philosophers who have influenced young Heidegger’s thoughts. The purpose of the present paper is to clarify certain aspects of this influence. During the years 1922–1926, Heidegger ponders deeply on Aristotle’s Philosophy. Among Aristotle’s works, Nicomachean ...
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Aristotle is one of the philosophers who have influenced young Heidegger’s thoughts. The purpose of the present paper is to clarify certain aspects of this influence. During the years 1922–1926, Heidegger ponders deeply on Aristotle’s Philosophy. Among Aristotle’s works, Nicomachean Ethics draw more much Heidegger’s philosophical attention to itself. To understand Heidegger’s encounter with Aristotle, we concentrate on three important works of this period: “Phenomenological Interpretations of Aristotle” (1922), “Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy” (1924), and Plato's “Sophist”. The argument of the current study is that Heidegger’s interpretation of Aristotle during these years can be considered to be his first attempts and exercises leading to his special methodology, i.e. that of Phenomenological Hermeneutics. From this special perspective, we can consider phenomenological hermeneutics and most of other basic concepts of Heidegger’s thought in Being and Time, such as phenomenological deconstruction, care, and conscience as products of his contemplations on Aristotle’s thoughts during these years. Therefore, the leading question of this inquiry is this: What are the ingredients of Heidegger’s self-appropriating interpretation of Nicomachean Ethics? And through this question we aim to investigate the influence of these ingredients on Phenomenological Hermeneutics, the effect of young Heidegger’s reflecting on Aristotle on his understanding of technology.