An introduction to Molavi’s epistemological methods

Document Type : Research Paper

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Associate professor in Persian Language and Literature, Kashan University

10.29252/kavosh.2023.19700.3386

Abstract

In his works and poems, Jalaluddin Mohammad Molavi, a mystic poet and scholar of the 7th century (AH), has presented comprehensive theoretical and epistemological topics about science, wisdom and knowledge. From the methodological point of view, his arguments are a subcategory of logic. In the present research, a collection of Molavi's poems and thoughts about knowledge has been extracted by a documentary method and categorized with different logical patterns. His approaches of gaining knowledge are also introduced. Based on the result of this research, in most cases Molavi uses logical (scientific) and literary approaches to introduce knowledge. In this research, only his logical method is introduced and analyzed briefly. Division and classification, matching and comparison, analysis and pathology, and description and semiotics are the major methods used by Molavi to introduce knowledge, instill it, and persuade the audience.
 

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