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Fedorova, Yu. E. Journey to the Truth” the Structure of Philosophical Poem ‘The Conference of the Birds’ Written By Farid ud-Dun Attar (XII Century)

Abstract: The article is devoted to the description and analysis of the structure of ‘The Conference of the Birds’ poem written by a Persian Sufism poet and philosopher Farid ud-Dun Attar living at the turn of XII-XIII centuries. This poem is one of the most famous Attar’s works and considered to be a brilliant example of a Sufism didactic poem. The Conference of the Birds is an allegoric description of Sufism conception of the knowledge of God which is based on the story of birds traveling to the palace of their king Simurgh. This allegoric description can be changed and translated to the language of philosophy. In this case the key problem of the poem would become the problem of truth (Haqiqa) and the general structure of the poem can be interpreted as a part of Sufism conception of the journey to the Truth.

Keywords:

philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Farid ud-Dun Attar, poem ‘The Conference of the Birds’, journey to the Truth, knowledge of God, Sufism didactic poem, Medieval Persian poetry, Simurgh, seven valleys.

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