تحليل و نقد نظريه سعادت فارابي

The Study and Critique of the Farabiʹs Theory of Happiness

This essay deals with the idea of happiness in the philosophy of Farabi. The author, following Farabi, considers the formal characters of happiness and concludes that happiness must be the highest good and self sufficient. Different forms of virtue are constitutive of the happiness, so he explains the content of happiness by explaining theoretical, deliberative, practical and technical virtues. The writer has shown that Farabiʹs conception of happiness is an inclusive end and it is misunderstanding to interpret his view as an intellectual dominant end. Finally, The writer briefly refers to some of the defects in his theory of happiness.