Examining the Empowerment of Justice in Saadi's Garden Based on Martin Seligman's Theory

Subject Areas : Psychology of Art and Literature

naime omde ghiyasi ^{1 *} , kamran pashaei fakhri ² , Parvaneh AdelZadeh ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate Department of Persian Language and Literature, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Proffesor Department of Persian Language and Literature, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 - Proffesor Department of Persian Language and Literature, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2025-06-07 Accepted : 2025-07-02 Published : 2025-06-28

Keywords: Keywords: Saadi's Garden, Martin Seligman, positive psychology, virtue of justice.,

Abstract :

Positive psychology is one of the newest trends in psychology that focuses on unique human capabilities and values ​​to improve the quality of life. One of these capabilities, which is also the subject of the research, is the ability of justice, which has the virtues of fairness, equality, citizenship, loyalty, and leadership. One of the poets who has addressed these issues in his works is Saadi Shirazi. Saadi's Garden has virtues and capabilities, the recognition of which can have a significant impact on showing the capabilities of the virtue of justice. Accordingly, the purpose of this research is to investigate the ability of justice in Saadi's Garden from the perspective of Martin Seligman's six-fold theory. The present research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method and was conducted in line with the research goal of investigating justice in Saadi's Garden, corrected by Gholamhossein Yousefi. The results show that many modern sciences, whose roots are sought in the nascent Western civilization, existed centuries ago in the treasury of Iranian-Islamic culture. According to Seligman's perspective, the capabilities of the virtue of justice in Saadi's Garden include: fairness, equality, citizenship, loyalty, and leadership. According to Seligman's perspective, the capabilities of the virtue of justice in Saadi's Garden include: fairness, equality, citizenship, loyalty, and leadership. According to Seligman's perspective, the capabilities of the virtue of justice in Saadi's Garden include: fairness, equality, citizenship, loyalty, and leadership. According to Seligman's perspective, the capabilities of the virtue of justice in Saadi's Garden.

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