نام کتاب : زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق نویسنده : مكارم شيرازى، ناصر جلد : 1 صفحه : 20
and his life in a jar! instead of house and room, and hiscontentment to one
drinking cup from all life facilities is well- known. Even it is said that once
he saw someone drinking water from a water course with his hands, then he throw
away that cup too! Existentialists are on the opposite side to this idea
andconsider prosperity only in unconditional utilization frommaterial pleasures
and condemn any obstacle on this way!
They assume absolute happiness only through materialp leasure and go ahead
in this way till the threshold of insanity, and practically disregard all
social and moral limits andhabitudes for achieving it!
It is obvious that we can not call this ideology, which isunfortunately
spread nowadays among some nations, a doctrine. Rather, it is a sort of
delusion and mental disease. However, wecan assume it a reaction to the
extremist doctrines like Cynicswho have totally ignored corporeal aspects in prosperity.
Moderate doctrine: since man is not merely a body or a soul, and the
reality of his essence is composed of two parts, heshould seek prosperity too
in the both parts and surely anyprogram focusing in one part of his essence,
shall not guaranteehis prosperity, because it is not in conformity with the
outward realities.
Among Greek philosophers, the first teacher, Aristotle andhis followers
advocated this doctrine and Islam's superiori nstructions have explicitly
supported it, and have mentionednew principles for it. This reality is
reflected in Quran andsayings of our great leaders, and motto of Islam in this
regard issummarized in the following verses:
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نام کتاب : زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق نویسنده : مكارم شيرازى، ناصر جلد : 1 صفحه : 20