Analysis of place in Simorgh Attar's story based on Heidegger's existential theory

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1 PhD student in Persian language and literature, mystical orientation, Babolsar, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

4 .Associat Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

Heidegger's existential philosophy is one of the ontological theories in explaining "existence" and the universe, which has had far-reaching effects in various fields in the 20th century and the last century. In Hudiger's philosophy, the key concept of "existence" is the understanding of existential self in the sense of "place of existence". Heidegger believes that in order to understand existence, one must start from the "self". That is, it is the human being who must think about his existence first. In other words, the first place that a person faces when dealing with Heidegger's existential thought is himself. In fact, the place of existence is the place where beings enter the realm of existence. The interactive role of creatures in the story of Simorgh Atar is shown in a special way with existence in the field of space. The components of proximity and distance of beings to existence, homeland, existence of way and accumulation and empathy in the plasticity of existence are among the things that require existential discussion and investigation. If we consider each of the birds in the story as "Dasein", every being is a place of existence and a world is born as much as every being. In the story of Simorgh Attar, each of the chickens gets caught up in the experiences of an unreal place and they find the place they are in memorable and do not leave with other chickens.

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