(Theories of Temperament in Islamic Thought)
The debate on whether the biological and hereditary characteristics inherited or the diversity of lived experiences have the main importance in the formation and differentiation of personality, which can be expressed as human nature in the most general sense, points to a problem that can be traced back to the early periods of the history of philosophy and continues to exist with the same vitality today. Theories of temperament as a way of explaining human nature are related to physics and medicine in one way, but in their consequences, they are directly related to human actions and existence in this world.
This book is an expanded output of the roundtable discussions on temperament theories that emerged in Islamic thought as part of the Islamic Ethical Thought Project in 2015. The articles in the book focus on the post-Hippocratic (375 BCE) and post-Galenic (200 CE) period of temperament theory, which has a central place in the understanding of human personality and character, and more specifically on the appearance of the problem in some Islamic philosophers and theologians. The book aims to serve as a starting point for readers interested in the topic and to contribute to new processes of reading, understanding and interpretation that will be carried out comparatively with new views of the problem.
ISBN: 978-605-320-480-0
Release Date: August, 2016
Publisher: Nobel - ILEM Library
Page Count: 196
