چکیده:
Abu Nasr Farabi and the Sheikh al-Ra'is Bu Ali Sina have shown attention to art, the purposes of art, and its various functions in their diverse works. These purposes and functions have, on one hand, been explicitly stated, and on the other, can be inferred from the conceptualization and characteristics of the imaginary faculties. The capabilities of the imaginary faculties range from the mimesis of sensory forms and imaginary forms to the mimesis of intelligibles and pure abstractions. Although the highest goal of art is the mimesis of intelligibles and the guidance of the individual and society toward ultimate happiness, in the meantime, entertainment, wonder, pleasure, and relaxation are also among the benefits considered for art. While wonder or the creation of amazement is a characteristic that Farabi has not addressed independently and only Bu Ali emphasizes, the rest of the characteristics are present in the works of both sages. Since the ultimate happiness of man is the primary goal of art and the artist, entertainment and psychological pleasure are permissible, and every human being can benefit from it to the extent of relieving fatigue and renewing strength for further efforts toward ultimate happiness.
خلاصه ماشینی:
While explaining the activities of the faculties of imagination, phantasy, and the other five internal senses, he also does not speak of mimesis; however, his views regarding the mimesis of imaginative forms can be sought in the section on poetry in his logical works and materials of reasoning, as well as in the musical discussions, which were considered part of mathematics.
Abu Ali, in the logic of Al-Shifa, in the definition of the fifth of the five arts, considers poetic discourses to be a cause for the contraction and expansion of the soul and says that in most cases, imagination plays the role of assent, such as when honey is [perceived as] bitter and nauseating (Ibn Sina, 1428 AH, p.
Abu Ali also emphasizes in Al-Najat that man, in most cases, follows and is subject to imaginary forms and that which is imagined and mimicked in the mind (Ibn Sina, 1364, p.
The views of Al-Farabi and Al-Shaykh al-Ra'is regarding the dimensions of pleasure, wonder, and entertainment in art can be derived both from the contents of their opinions and have been explicitly stated in certain passages.
Al-Shaykh al-Ra'is explicitly states in the discussions on poetry in Al-Shifa that the goal of some poems is purely to create wonder (Ibn Sina, 1428 AH, Vol. 4, pp.
In Al-Farabi's intellectual system, the artist in a general sense deals with the element of imagination, and art in the Virtuous City is an art that transfers rational felicity to the minds of the public through sensory and imaginary forms.
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