Analysis of similarities between the nature of wisdom in Friedrich Nietzsche's perfect man and divine insight in Islamic mysticism
Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies
Saeed Mohammadi kish
1
,
Farah Niazkar
2
1 - PhD candidate of Persian Language and Literature, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.(Responsible author)
Keywords: Islamic Mysticism, the perfect man, Friedrich Nietzsche,
Abstract :
One of the most fundamental pillars of Islamic mysticism, which is called the chosen principle of Sufism, is the perfect human being. The perfect human being is the manifestation of the divine names, which was created in the midst of the grace of truth. In this research, the wisdom of Friedrich Nietzsche's perfect man in the work "So Said Zarathustra" is discussed from the perspective of divine insight in Islamic mysticism in a descriptive-comparative way. This work is a philosophical and poetic narrative in which Nietzsche recounts his views in the language of Zoroaster.The results of the research show that there are similarities between Nietzsche's perfect man and the vision of the perfect man in Islamic mysticism. Nietzsche considers the will and the inner insight directed to power as the only approach to truth. As in Islamic mysticism, the divine vision of the perfect human being is the manifestation of the absolute truth in the form of names and attributes. From Nietzsche's point of view, now the imitative and petrified reality of humanity has become the present God in the world and considers the suffering world to be the same in front of him based on the surrounding of old thoughts.With the help of independent will, Nietzsche calls this field to be recreated. From his point of view, man is not affected by the freedom and choice and analysis of his thoughts and has lived among other beliefs and false evaluations. Therefore, human life has a higher mission than fruitlessness and passive obedience, just as in Islamic mysticism, man turns his back on the world of matter and its appearances with the efforts of the soul and discovers the truths of existence in divine vision and attains its existential knowledge.
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