Anthropology of the classic political philosophy

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Any system of thought requires its own particular view towards the world and human being, on the basis of which expresses its judgement with regard to society and politics. Accordingly, underestanding the political thought of the Moslems, too, depends on underestanding the basics of their cosmology and anthropology. This paper is an attempt to study the classic political philosophy of the Moslems from an anthropological viewpoint. To underestand human nature as being inclined to the good or the evil is the first and the most important step. Next comes an explanation of the hierarchical status of human beings in the society with an emphasis on their social nature. Finally, evaluation of the efficiency or inefficiency of reason for discovering the laws of human life in the classic discourse leads us to knowing the classic political philosophers, "man".

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