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Maftouni, Nadia
- Conceptualization of Scientart:The Interaction between the Worlds of Science and Art
Authors
1 University of Tehran, IR
Source
SOCRATES, Vol 5, No 3-4 (2017), Pagination: 12-18Abstract
Scientart might be defined as an interaction between the worlds of art and science. Three types of these interactions might be considered: artistically-inclined scientific activities, science-minded artistic activities, and intertwined artistic and scientific activities.
In this conceptualization, different disciplines such as physics, metaphysics, economics, and medicine could be counted as science. Furthermore, we consider literature as art. The artistically-inclined science can be seen in scientists leading an art program, such as what happened in the artists' program to document NASA missions. Science-minded art could be regarded in the artworks include scientific themes. These artworks might be inspired by science or inspire scientists.
An instant of intertwined artistic and scientific activities could be seen in the occult treatises describe philosophical subjects and rational issues in fictions.
Keywords
Scientart, Art, Science, Metaphysics, Suhrawardi.References
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- Semiotics of Love in Suhrawardi’s Allegorical Philosophy
Authors
1 Department of Philosophy and Islamic Theology School of Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, IR
2 University of Tehran, IR
Source
SOCRATES, Vol 6, No 3-4 (2018), Pagination: 27-35Abstract
In his allegorical fictions, Shaykh al-Ishraq Suhrawardi conveys multiple mystical issues one most important of which is love. Also included in his theory of love is the concept of rationality. Fairly surprisingly, for Suhrawardi love in the mystical dimension goes to the heart of rationality. The guiding idea is that the hero of Suhrawardi’s allegorical treatises is a wayfarer who loves God, looking for the right way to the Divine. This love is to be some sort of spiritual emotion rather than a passionate love. Our claim would be proved by analyzing Suhrawardi’s fictions, decoding the allegories. On his way to God, the wayfarer may become waylaid by his own perceptions, i.e., five internal and five external senses. The wayfarer, however, must overcome these senses, that is, he should not be overwhelmed by his perceptions. These ten senses are symbolized in “On the Reality of Love” by five chambers and five gates, in “Treatise on Towers” by ten towers, in “A Tale of Occidental Exile” by ten graves, in “The Simurgh’s Shrill Cry” by ten flyers, and in “The Red Intellect” by ten wardens. And finally, the wayfarer conquers all of them.Keywords
Rationality, Mystical Love, Passionate Love, Suhrawardi, Allegory.References
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