The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers İSLAM FELSEFESİNDE VASİYET KÜLTÜRÜ: İSLAM FİLOZOFLARININ VASİYETLERİ
Author :
-Ömer BOZKURT
Number of pages : 40-57
Abstract
Leaving a testament or will is a culture in Islamic world. The religious’ advices
are most important factor in that. Leaving testament/will is also a human behavior. Many scholars outstanding in Islamic world wrote testaments. Islamic
philosophers have followed this traditon of writng or leaving testament as
well. Not only religious factor but also philosophical heritage had an impact
on Islamic philosophers’ writng testaments. Because, before them, in both
Western and Islamic sources, there are testaments propounded to belong to
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, famous philosopher of Ancient Greek. We can
estmate that Islamic Philosophers was affected from these testaments. Here,
in this study, the testaments of some Islamic philosophers such as Ibn Miskawayh, Ibn Sina, Ghazâlî, Suhrawardî, Fakhr ad-Din ar-Râzî, Ibn Sab’în, Mawlâ-
na, Sadreddin Konawî are evaluated. These testaments are analyzed and compared with one another in point of form and content, and are evaluated in the
context of Islamic moral philosophy. Moreover, it is proposed that it is necessary to add these testaments to the sources of Islamic moral philosophy as
short and concise texts.
Keywords
Testament/Will, Testament Culture, Ethic, Islamic Moral Philosophy, Islamic Philosophers.
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are most important factor in that. Leaving testament/will is also a human behavior. Many scholars outstanding in Islamic world wrote testaments. Islamic
philosophers have followed this traditon of writng or leaving testament as
well. Not only religious factor but also philosophical heritage had an impact
on Islamic philosophers’ writng testaments. Because, before them, in both
Western and Islamic sources, there are testaments propounded to belong to
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, famous philosopher of Ancient Greek. We can
estmate that Islamic Philosophers was affected from these testaments. Here,
in this study, the testaments of some Islamic philosophers such as Ibn Miskawayh, Ibn Sina, Ghazâlî, Suhrawardî, Fakhr ad-Din ar-Râzî, Ibn Sab’în, Mawlâ-
na, Sadreddin Konawî are evaluated. These testaments are analyzed and compared with one another in point of form and content, and are evaluated in the
context of Islamic moral philosophy. Moreover, it is proposed that it is necessary to add these testaments to the sources of Islamic moral philosophy as
short and concise texts.},author={ -Ömer BOZKURT},year={2014},journal={Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi}}
-Ömer BOZKURT . 2014 . The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers . Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi.DOI:null
-Ömer BOZKURT.(2014).The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers.Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi
-Ömer BOZKURT,"The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers" , Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi (2014)
-Ömer BOZKURT . 2014 . The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers . Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi . 2014. DOI:null
-Ömer BOZKURT .The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers. Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi (2014)
-Ömer BOZKURT .The Culture of Testament/Will in Islamic Philosophy: Testaments of Islamic Philosophers. Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi (2014)
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