Research Article

HEAD OF STATE ACCORDING TO FARABI

Volume: 11 Number: 2 December 31, 2021
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HEAD OF STATE ACCORDING TO FARABI

Abstract

For Farabi, man's desire for happiness; is in line with the desire for political administration. If a society or nation strives for a common goal, it can qualify to be a virtuous society. One of the important features of the virtuous state is the harmony, cooperation and purpose between the administration and the governed. Contrary to popular belief, Farabi evaluates the concept of happiness within the scope of politics, not morality. The first stage of the political fiction in Farabi's world of thought is a virtuous person, the second stage is a virtuous society, and the third stage is a virtuous head of state who knows philosophy and has achieved happiness. Of course, the most important actor in this trilogy is the head of state. Farabi attaches great importance to the person who will rule the state. The virtuous society that Farabi envisioned in his thoughts, his ideas about the first head of state and other Melik’s who would follow him; although theoretically influenced by Plato, in practical terms it is a synthesis of Islamic state politics and Turkish state tradition in the era in which it is living. In this article, the importance given to the state administration and the head of state by the Turkish-Islamic thinker Farabi, who has not lost its currency even today, and the qualifications that a president should have were tried to be brought to the agenda.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

August 20, 2021

Acceptance Date

December 29, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 11 Number: 2

APA
Telsaç, C. (2021). HEAD OF STATE ACCORDING TO FARABI. Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(2), 332-342. https://izlik.org/JA22JU84LB