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A Critical review of Persian Translation of Two Chapters of the History of Islamic Philosophy ed. by: S. H. Nasr & O. Leaman

Majid Sadremajles

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 715-741

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.57628.3575

Abstract

Present article tries to review and appreciate the Persian translation of two chapters of the History of Islamic Philosophy. This book edited by S. H. Nasr and O. Leaman and printed ... Read More Present article tries to review and appreciate the Persian translation of two chapters of the History of Islamic Philosophy. This book edited by S. H. Nasr and O. Leaman and printed by Routledge in 1996. Apart from editors who are experts in Islamic philosophy and culture some other Professors and researchers are present in the writing of the book. Consequently, the work of Nasr and Leaman and their contributors is a considerable activity in the subject of writing history of philosophy in Islamic tradition. Persian translation of the History of Islamic Philosophy, printed in five volumes by Hikmat press in Tehran. In Persian translation that worked by some professors and researchers, first volume has no scientific editor and because of this in some of its chapters there are difficulties. For example, in the eleventh and twelfth chapters that are on al-Kindi and al-Farabi and translated into Persian by Ruhallah Alemi, we encounter with important errors in conveying the meanings of the original text. Here we study both chapters by comparing between Persian translation and original English text of them. Reviewing of chapters on al-Kindi and al-Farabi are exercised separately but our appreciation is in the Analysis and Consequence part of the essay. Main causes of unreliable or improper translation of some parts are these: 1- lack of scrutiny on the philosophical or historical terms; 2- lack of specialization on al-kindi and al-Farabi's philosophies and their books; 3- not employing any editor by press Hikmat on translator's work. Of course, we expected that Ruhallah Alemi as a university teacher and translator, must have been reviewed his translation. Performing this duty is a necessary condition in academic activities. Other aspect of this matter is a cultural-moral one that depicts our responsibility and faithfulness in teaching and research; a responsibility of a person who is linking the writer with the reader.

Principles of the Socratic-Platonic Theory of Education in Protagoras

Majid Sadremajles

Volume 16, Issue 40 , November 2022, , Pages 127-148

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.53550.3375

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The present essay is a study and an analysis of important theoretical principles that we might find in Protagoras. Subject of this dialogue are moral virtues: their unity/plurality ... Read More

The Probability of the Existence of World after Death and the Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments of Acts in the Hereafter in the Philosophy of David Hume

Farideh Lazemi; Masoud Omid; Majid Sadremajles

Volume 16, Issue 40 , November 2022, , Pages 360-377

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.48947.3049

Abstract

In the field of philosophy of religion, the issue of the existence of world after death and the doctrine of rewards and punishments in the hereafter is one of the important and confusing ... Read More

The Meaning of Life in Plato's Philosophy with Emphasis on the Doctrin of the "Form of Good"

Parvaneh Aghaei Togh; Majid Sadremajles; Hassan Fathi

Volume 10, Issue 18 , June 2016, , Pages 243-264

Abstract

The question of the "meaning of life" and its answer, is one of the most important concerns of the human mind. Some argue that research of the meaning of life in fact is the study of ... Read More

Illumination and Intuition on Plato

Maryam Soltani Kouhanestani; Majid Sadremajles

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, , Pages 1-26

Abstract

The being of intuitive knowledge and it’s meaning have been conflicted between plato’s interpreters in the all times. some of them haven’t accepted such knowledge ... Read More

An Analysis of the "Digression" in Plato's Theaetetus

Majid Sadrmajles

Volume 5, Issue 9 , November 2011, , Pages 129-145

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The “Digression” in Plato’s Theaetetus (172-177) compares between philosopher’s life and orator’s of which I’m going to render an analytic ... Read More

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A Critical review of Persian Translation of Two Chapters of the History of Islamic Philosophy ed. by: S. H. Nasr & O. Leaman

Abstract

Principles of the Socratic-Platonic Theory of Education in Protagoras

Abstract

The Probability of the Existence of World after Death and the Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments of Acts in the Hereafter in the Philosophy of David Hume

Abstract

The Meaning of Life in Plato's Philosophy with Emphasis on the Doctrin of the "Form of Good"

Abstract

Illumination and Intuition on Plato

Abstract

An Analysis of the "Digression" in Plato's Theaetetus

Abstract