In the Presence of the Lords of the Heart

The review session for the book Five Climes of Presence, the latest work by Dariush Shayegan, was held on Sunday, December 14, 2014, with the author in attendance and speeches by Mohammad Mansour Hashemi, Iraj Parsinejad, Hamed Fouladvand, Houra Yavari, and Nayer Tahoori, hosted by Ali Dehbashi, at the Bastani Parizi Hall of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran.

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In the Presence of the Lords of the Heart

Lecture by Dr. Nayer Tahoori at the review session for the book Five Climes of Presence

Dariush Shayegan's thought, as evidenced by his works, does not fit within the confines of his academic discipline, philosophy. A philosopher who calls himself not a "philosopher" but a "free thinker," and alludes to his journey from one culture to another: At first I was an Indologist, then I became interested in Islamic mysticism and conducted extensive studies in this field, associating with scholars. Afterwards, I turned to Christian mysticism, and at the University of Geneva I also studied philosophy, where I engaged with German Idealism. There was also a period when I read a great deal of Heidegger. Consequently, I believe I am someone who journeys from one culture to another. I am, in fact, a free thinker who previously had a hand in Indology, comparative religion, and philosophy. After researching the "Religions and Philosophical Schools of India," with Henry Corbin—the pilgrim of the East and his phenomenological method—he turns to the "Horizons of Spiritual Thought in Iranian Islam," so that, by referring to the fundamental roots of both, based on the Majma' al-Bahrayn, the monumental work of Dara Shikoh, he may undertake a comparative study of Hinduism and Islamic mysticism.

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