An exposition of Iqbal’s ideas on human nature and personality
Early ideas on human nature and personality were presented by Muslim scholars during the Golden Age of Islam (750-1258). The decline of the Islamic civilization and the dawn of the era of European colonization has somehow dwindled the study on man and his personality...
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| Language: | English |
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Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), Dhaka
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/35733/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35733/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35733/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35733/1/2._An_Exposition_of_Iqbal_s_Ideas_on_Human_Nature.pdf |
| Summary: | Early ideas on human nature and personality were presented by Muslim
scholars during the Golden Age of Islam (750-1258). The decline of the Islamic
civilization and the dawn of the era of European colonization has somehow dwindled
the study on man and his personality until the poet-philosopher Mohammed Iqbal
(1879-1938) came up with his philosophy on the Ego (Khudi). Using philosophy and
poetry as his vehicles, Iqbal called upon the Muslims to pay attention to the
development and maintenance of the human Ego. Given Iqbal‟s fame in the East and
West, it is pertinent to explore his ideas on human nature, philosophy of Ego or self, and
personality. This study surveys the underlying factors that challenged Iqbal to
conceptualize a theory on personality which is very different from others in the Islamic
world. |
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