The concept and principle of political wisdom in Kelile and Demne

Subject Areas : Political Developments in Iran

mehdi  hasani bagheri sharifabad ¹ (Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Baft Unit, Islamic Azad University, Baft, Iran)
hamed  hosinkhani ² (Assistant Professor at the Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shahid Kerman Shahid Bahonar University. Kerman. Iran)

Received: 2022-07-26 Accepted : 2022-08-22 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: political thought in Iran, Political Wisdom, wisdom, Kelile and Demne, political thought of Iranian,

Abstract :

Ancient literature of Iran has contained both literary value and Iranian’s deep thoughts over centuries as well. One of these valuable literary works would be “Kelile and Demne” book. This book would be considered as a moral or an advisory book about government and politics. Main principals of Kelile and Demne had been based upon Iranian thoughts. Wisdom would be regarded as one of the remarkable principals that it could be interpreted as political wisdom in governing domains. The present article aimed at exploring the principals of political concept of wisdom in Kelile and Demne. Attempt has been made to achieve the mentioned purposes by developing a question relating principals and concepts of political wisdom in this literary art “kelile and Demne”. To accomplish the goal, the descriptive –analytical methodology was utilized and Data were collected by library methodology. In the main hypothesis, the concept of political wisdom and also the various ways and manners in conducting affairs were discussed. Moreover, the principals of political wisdom including the unity of religion and politics, justice, then royal-ideal thoughts and magnificent of God were presented. Finally the researcher reached to the conclusion that political wisdom in Kelile and Demne can be defined as the political method and manner of conducting and directing of the affairs of government affected by its general principals as well as its general framework in Iranian ancient thoughts especially influenced by Iranian political thoughts.