Document Type : Research Paper
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assistant professor of department of historical and environmental studies, the organization for researching and composing university textbooks in the Islamic science and the humanities. tehran, iran
Abstract
The philosophy of inclusion considers all beings, including humans, animals, plants and birds, to be part of the universe, which follow a single principle, the principle of life, and move towards a single goal, which is cosmic order. Based on this, the present article seeks to answer the question of whether it is possible to find the philosophy of inclusion in the culture of ancient Iran by examining the historical, ritual, religious and mythological evidences of ancient Iran? And if so, how is the position of each component of nature defined in this system and what are the functions defined for them in order to maintain the cosmic order? The findings of the research show that in the Iranian worldview, man is not considered as a superior who has moral and ontological superiority over other beings. In this mean, man is just a part of the world that is responsible for establishing cosmic order in the fight against evil and demonic forces, the same as other creatures. Understanding natural phenomena as entities that have intrinsic value and can play a role in humanʼs material and spiritual development is the main message that ancient worldview has for modern humans. In fact, the philosophy of inclusion in the form of the worldview of ancient Iran can be used for environmental protection in the framework of the discourse of green radicalism and especially ecological theology along with other components of this discourse such as Islamic, Christian, Buddhist and Jewish ecological theology. In other words, the philosophy of inclusion can be considered as intellectual framework of ancient Iran, based on which not only humans, but all parts of nature such as plants, animals, birds, and mountains, in an ontological dialectic, are mutually connected and are trying to establish order based on truth as the basic principle of the universe.
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