Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 MA in Islamic philosophy and wisdom
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
Abstract
Virtue is one of the fundamental issues of moral philosophy and one of the main pillars of Aristotle and Farabi's philosophy. Farabi is one of the philosophers who, following Aristotle, has been interested in the topics of virtue and happiness and matters related to these issues. And he considers virtue to be a kind of human character and character which is known as moral character. Farabi's and Aristotle's point of view in examining virtue is influenced by their eudaemonistic view on morality and human perfection. These two philosophers believe that man is a perfectionist and happiness-seeker by nature, and he needs tools to achieve this lofty goal. For this reason, virtue is considered an important factor to achieve happiness. Despite the similarities between the two philosophers in the issue of virtue, their differences should not be ignored. The most important difference between these two is related to the meaning of virtue, the way of dividing virtue, and Farabi's special view of utopia. Aristotle made a kind of division about virtue; He divided virtue into moral and intellectual, but on the contrary, Farabi has stated three divisions for virtue in his written works. Virtue is to reach a higher goal called happiness, which is called ultimate good. Virtue is to reach a higher goal called happiness, which is called ultimate good. This article tries to express the most important human virtues and all kinds of virtues, especially the virtues that have the greatest effect on a person's attainment of happiness, as well as the ways to make a person virtuous.
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