Attar s View of the Infra-structure of Self-Knowledge of Man s Perfection and the Ethical Society

Introduction: Self-knowing and self-recognizing are the issues which have been studied in psychology, mysticism and religions. From any view which it is regarded, it shows the man s ability and aptitude in the line of dynamism of individual and the society. With regard to the importance of self-knowing, the main goal of the present research is to study the role of self-knowing for attaining the individual perfection and the formation of ethical society from the view of Attar. Material Methods: In this essay, descriptive method has been employed and the researchers by studying and reviewing the books and essays about anthropology-religions - sociology and philosophy have looked for the factors of intuition, appearance and vision in the stories of Manteq-ol-Tayr ; Conclusion: The main view of Sheikh Farideddin Attar, as one could see in most of his works especially in Mantq-ol-Tayr is returning man s attention to himself. Attar in this story explains his self-knowing doctrine to attain an ideal society and then announce his manifest of alliance on the basis of wisdom in the format of a story of birds who plan to find their king=themselves. Any of the birds of Manteq-ol-Tayr is the symbol of people with various thoughts and views.