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Muslim vs. Non-Muslim Philosophers on Man's Natural State. - Coggle…
Muslim vs. Non-Muslim Philosophers on Man's Natural State.
Non-Muslim Philosophers
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
People are usually in ignorance and they need enlightenment
Philosophers help others find knowledge
Beleif that you need education to uncover the truth
The Invisible Man
Feeling invisible affects ones identity
Social views shape personal growth
Difficulty in understanding yourself in a bias community or society
Muslim Philosophers
Ibn Khaldoun (Al-Muqaddimah)
Changes in the community impact the civilians
Balancing the identity of the community with your own personal growth
Community is needed for growth
Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
People can learn about the world naturally
Both isolated and social experiences are important in order to grow
Human learning depemds on both natural fitrah and external help
Comparative Analysis similarities
Isolation sets you to one set of thinking and one perspective of everything when you need to have different ways of thinknig
When Hayy was isolated he had a lot of question marks but also discovered things and stuck to his own routine
In Plato's allegory the prisoners refused to listen to the guy that escaped and kept on believing everything they were tricked into.
Need of Community to grow and gain personal growth
In ibn Khaldun's reading it talk about the need of community for personal growth as well.
Because of the community views on the Invisible Man it shaped his identity to be a thief looked down upon or looked on in a bad way.
Comparative analysis differences
Idea of fitrah (Muslim philosophers) vs The need of education or knowledge to know the truth (non Muslim philosophers)
In Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, it conveys the idea of fitrah and that Hayy relied on the fitrah to understand things. On the other hand, Plato's allegory of the cave conveys that education is needed to know the truth and if you don't have knowledge you won't find the truth.
Community is needed for growth
In Ibn Khaldun, it conveys that community is needed for growth. Rather in The invisible Man, he felt unwanted and became evil because of community and didn't really grow in any way to the better