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Analyzing Nietzsche And Darwin In Search Of Origin Of Morality: The Evolving Perspective, Anirban Ghosh, Malabika Chakrabarti
Analyzing Nietzsche And Darwin In Search Of Origin Of Morality: The Evolving Perspective, Anirban Ghosh, Malabika Chakrabarti
Comparative Philosophy
It is generally believed that the greatest asset of human being is the moral values and according to theist such values have been infused in human by the creator. By accepting such view we simply get rid of any effort of searching the origin of morality or ethics and also transfer the responsibility of being ethical on the almighty. But when atheist denied God, the liability of being moral comes to human and also the significant question arose why we should be moral. Probably more important is the hunt for the origin of our morality. In this article we have …
The Concept Of Irfan And Its Significance In The Doctrine Of Sufism, Zamira Isaqova
The Concept Of Irfan And Its Significance In The Doctrine Of Sufism, Zamira Isaqova
The Light of Islam
The article reveals the content and essence of the concept of Irfan, the views of the arifs on existence, knowledge, perfect morality, spirituality, and enlightenment, social development, science, the views of thinkers who played a significant role in the development of the philosophical thought of the East, studied based on Sufi sources. The positive influence of Sufi literature on the social and spiritual life of the peoples of the East, the development of science, culture, literature, and its development as part of a common human culture have been studied based on scientific knowledge. Irfan, as a complex phenomenon requiring spiritual …
Apophatic Community: Yannaras On Relational Being, Fred Dallmayr
Apophatic Community: Yannaras On Relational Being, Fred Dallmayr
Comparative Philosophy
For Martin Heidegger the story of Western philosophy ended basically in egocentrism or the metaphysics of “subjectivity”; however, he acknowledged the possibility of another path in Greece: that of pre-Socratic thinking. Yet, there is a further path he did not acknowledge: the tradition of Orthodox philosophy and theology. The paper focuses on some key works of the prominent contemporary Greek philosopher Christos Yannaras, for a long time professor in Athens. Taking over the notions of “Being” and ontology, Yannaras construes them (with Heidegger) not as ontic “substances” amenable to epistemic knowledge, but as guideposts to “relational” or participatory experience. His …