Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 17، number In Volume 1، Apeil 2024 ، issue Number 95

Investigation and analysis of the components of philosophical thinking about "milk and cow" by Kelila and Demneh

Shiva Nashoodi , Mahboubeh Zia Khodadadian (Author in Charge), Farzad Abbasi

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Philosophical thinking is a category that helps children to become social human beings and at the same time, people of thinking and analysis, and removes the existing cognitive barriers to a great extent. In fact, by familiarizing children with the components of philosophical thinking, the amount of knowledge and scope of their personal and social understanding grows. Literary texts, especially works written for children, have a tremendous impact in explaining concepts related to philosophical thinking. In the field of Persian literature, many works have been created that have used the components related to this category to explain various human-building and developmental content. In the meantime, Nasrollah Monshi in Kelila and Demneh has taken advantage of these tricks. In the present research, the main and most frequent methods of Nasrollah Monshi in the chapter on milk and cow from the book Kelila and Demneh, which led to philosophical thinking, have been explored in order to answer the question of what were the methods of philosophical thinking in the mentioned chapter of Kelila and Demneh?

METHODOLOGY: This research was done based on library sources and descriptive-analytical method.

FINDINGS: The author has tried to understand various components of philosophical thinking such as: "decision making; Problem solving; analyze; comparison and measurement; questioning; discovery skills; "Argument" and develop these characteristics in the audience, especially children.

CONCLUSION: The mentioned book has the necessary capacities to represent various individual and group issues for general and special audiences (children) and it is possible to use the intellectual layers hidden in it to indirectly teach philosophical thinking to children.

Keyword
Nasrollah Monshi , Kelila and Demneh , philosophical thinking , child , thought.

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