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Greats made conscience
Today I am talking about the eighth of those who drew my sentiments, the philosopher of writers and the writer of philosophers, the encyclopedic who mixed philosophy with literature, and presented a summary of that to people so that it would be close to their understanding. And he succeeded in presenting the most difficult ideas for the Arab reader’s mental digestion in bright literary phrases, and deciphering the most difficult issues of philosophy and making them accessible to the reader of the daily newspaper, and he was able, through his writings, to bring philosophy out of the bellies of books and the corridors of institutes and universities to play its role in life. This is Dr. Zaki Najeeb Mahmoud… .
I had read an article by Ms. Sana Al-Baisi, in which she says on the lips of Dr. Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, in her interview with him:
“In my youth, I was very irritable and strong in emotion, especially if there was a difference of opinion in the matter. Whatever the topic around which the controversy revolved, I used to defend my idea in it with a burning fervor, as if all life was based on the correctness of my idea .. and I was very sad if I lost In the game, I was very happy if I won, and my veins would boil for long days if I got angry at an insult that befell me and I could not return it, just as my blood was about to freeze whenever I was disappointed in a hope I hoped for .. Life has taught me the coldness of emotions, and taught me that intense passion means helplessness In the power of thinking.. Yes, the pleasure of life decreased when the emotions cooled in my soul, but the pain of life also decreased accordingly.. I do not hesitate to choose a little pleasure and pain together, over a lot of them together, so if I no longer have the pleasure of violent love What youth enjoys, besides, I am at peace of mind from its aches and pains, and if youth knows love, old age knows what friendship is like? Friendship is nothing but a love in which passion subsides, and its evils are removed from it, and the commitment to reality in calmness away from the hustle and bustle of passion and its screams is in itself what we call the experience of life. south of them, so why did you drive them away from blind misguidance? And he continued:
Can this mature stage in our lives be called “emotional coldness?”
Does that make us happy or miserable?!!!
After I read Ms. Sana Al-Baisi’s article, I closed my eyes and was amazed at the flow of ideas and wondered if I was in the space of moderation that Dr. asked about. Zaki…and you found me returning to the saying of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, one of my heroes, “Love your beloved gently, as he might be hated by you one day, and hate your hatred moderately, as he might become your lover someday.” And I had a conversation with young people and my friends about it..
My educated friend said to me as if she was seeing me inside: I do not see you in a state of emotional coldness or boring moderation, as happens with others, but rather I feel your balance in a different way. And deliberation and deliberation, the balance may also be in combining them and adhering to them together, in the alloy of the human being.
My friend, every strong emotion contains ecstasy and wisdom, and behind every wisdom there is a strong emotion.
I had read Dr. Zaki Naguib Mahmoud’s books on philosophy and logic that influenced my thoughts, especially “The Life of Thought in the New World”, and he was the one who introduced me to the philosophy of Bertrand Russell, but what directed my political compass was his book “On Freedom I Speak” and then “The Foundations of Scientific Thinking” and “Renewal of Arab Thought”. What he wrote in “The Reasonable and the Unreasonable in Our Intellectual Heritage” and “The Harvest of Years” had an impact on the formation of my enlightenment sentiments.
My passion for reading is consistent with what Dr. says. Zaki Najeeb: “You read to add to your limited life ten times, or a hundred, or a thousand, depending on the amount you read and the way you read it. Why? Because during your limited life, you will collect experiences and ideas about the world, about people, and about your true self, but those experiences and ideas will also depend on their range.” by the number of years you were destined to live.”
And he says: “The principle in thought – if its natural, straight course is carried out – is that it be a dialogue between “no” and “yes” and the shadows and spectra between them, so neither the absolute blind rejection is considered thought nor the absolute blind acceptance is considered thought. The second is obedience to slaves.”
And he says: “I realized that the Arab in general and the Egyptian in particular are more inclined, by virtue of his culture, to expressions that stir the conscience, rather than to phrases based on reason. He refers it to the mind and its tools and what is special, so there is nothing wrong with relying on the language of feeling.”
And he says: “Between conscious awakening on one side, and cold death on the other side, there are gradual cases of coma and drowsiness, and you will be astonished when I claim to you that a small minority of people are conscious awakening, while the majority of them are in coma and drowsiness, in Their faces are open eyes, but they look and do not see.”
He says: “The position of neutrality is the position of the helpless who wants safety and calm for himself.”
Speaking of heritage values, he says:
“The meaning of religious freedom does not necessarily mean that I deviate from what people believe. Rather, it means that I know this belief that I follow, that I know it in detail so that I do not rely on anyone to explain it to me.”
He says in the book “Islamic Vision”
“One of the most important things that must change in our souls is that extremism in belief is an extremism that does not allow its owner to see what the right of those of other trends may be.”
He says in the book “Values from Heritage”
“Do we have the right, now that the focus of our religious concern has become strange, formal details that do not affect the spirit and essence of religion and do not move the religious conscience of man from near or far?
Perhaps I should mention that his saying to me about “the power of the selfless” was one of the most prominent forms of my political sentiment when I entered the elections for the first time in 1995, and then during my political career….
Perhaps it was my belief in this humane political philosophy that kept me away from ministerial positions
Greats made conscience
Today I am talking about the eighth of those who drew my sentiments, the philosopher of writers and the writer of philosophers, the encyclopedic who mixed philosophy with literature, and presented a summary of that to people so that it would be close to their understanding. And he succeeded in presenting the most difficult ideas for the Arab reader’s mental digestion in bright literary phrases, and deciphering the most difficult issues of philosophy and making them accessible to the reader of the daily newspaper, and he was able, through his writings, to bring philosophy out of the bellies of books and the corridors of institutes and universities to play its role in life. This is Dr. Zaki Najeeb Mahmoud… .
I had read an article by Ms. Sana Al-Baisi, in which she says on the lips of Dr. Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, in her interview with him:
“In my youth, I was very irritable and strong in emotion, especially if there was a difference of opinion in the matter. Whatever the topic around which the controversy revolved, I used to defend my idea in it with a burning fervor, as if all life was based on the correctness of my idea .. and I was very sad if I lost In the game, I was very happy if I won, and my veins would boil for long days if I got angry at an insult that befell me and I could not return it, just as my blood was about to freeze whenever I was disappointed in a hope I hoped for .. Life has taught me the coldness of emotions, and taught me that intense passion means helplessness In the power of thinking.. Yes, the pleasure of life decreased when the emotions cooled in my soul, but the pain of life also decreased accordingly.. I do not hesitate to choose a little pleasure and pain together, over a lot of them together, so if I no longer have the pleasure of violent love What youth enjoys, besides, I am at peace of mind from its aches and pains, and if youth knows love, old age knows what friendship is like? Friendship is nothing but a love in which passion subsides, and its evils are removed from it, and the commitment to reality in calmness away from the hustle and bustle of passion and its screams is in itself what we call the experience of life. south of them, so why did you drive them away from blind misguidance? And he continued:
Can this mature stage in our lives be called “emotional coldness?”
Does that make us happy or miserable?!!!
After I read Ms. Sana Al-Baisi’s article, I closed my eyes and was amazed at the flow of ideas and wondered if I was in the space of moderation that Dr. asked about. Zaki…and you found me returning to the saying of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, one of my heroes, “Love your beloved gently, as he might be hated by you one day, and hate your hatred moderately, as he might become your lover someday.” And I had a conversation with young people and my friends about it..
My educated friend said to me as if she was seeing me inside: I do not see you in a state of emotional coldness or boring moderation, as happens with others, but rather I feel your balance in a different way. And deliberation and deliberation, the balance may also be in combining them and adhering to them together, in the alloy of the human being.
My friend, every strong emotion contains ecstasy and wisdom, and behind every wisdom there is a strong emotion.
I had read Dr. Zaki Naguib Mahmoud’s books on philosophy and logic that influenced my thoughts, especially “The Life of Thought in the New World”, and he was the one who introduced me to the philosophy of Bertrand Russell, but what directed my political compass was his book “On Freedom I Speak” and then “The Foundations of Scientific Thinking” and “Renewal of Arab Thought”. What he wrote in “The Reasonable and the Unreasonable in Our Intellectual Heritage” and “The Harvest of Years” had an impact on the formation of my enlightenment sentiments.
My passion for reading is consistent with what Dr. says. Zaki Najeeb: “You read to add to your limited life ten times, or a hundred, or a thousand, depending on the amount you read and the way you read it. Why? Because during your limited life, you will collect experiences and ideas about the world, about people, and about your true self, but those experiences and ideas will also depend on their range.” by the number of years you were destined to live.”
And he says: “The principle in thought – if its natural, straight course is carried out – is that it be a dialogue between “no” and “yes” and the shadows and spectra between them, so neither the absolute blind rejection is considered thought nor the absolute blind acceptance is considered thought. The second is obedience to slaves.”
And he says: “I realized that the Arab in general and the Egyptian in particular are more inclined, by virtue of his culture, to expressions that stir the conscience, rather than to phrases based on reason. He refers it to the mind and its tools and what is special, so there is nothing wrong with relying on the language of feeling.”
And he says: “Between conscious awakening on one side, and cold death on the other side, there are gradual cases of coma and drowsiness, and you will be astonished when I claim to you that a small minority of people are conscious awakening, while the majority of them are in coma and drowsiness, in Their faces are open eyes, but they look and do not see.”
He says: “The position of neutrality is the position of the helpless who wants safety and calm for himself.”
Speaking of heritage values, he says:
“The meaning of religious freedom does not necessarily mean that I deviate from what people believe. Rather, it means that I know this belief that I follow, that I know it in detail so that I do not rely on anyone to explain it to me.”
He says in the book “Islamic Vision”
“One of the most important things that must change in our souls is that extremism in belief is an extremism that does not allow its owner to see what the right of those of other trends may be.”
He says in the book “Values from Heritage”
“Do we have the right, now that the focus of our religious concern has become strange, formal details that do not affect the spirit and essence of religion and do not move the religious conscience of man from near or far?
Perhaps I should mention that his saying to me about “the power of the selfless” was one of the most prominent forms of my political sentiment when I entered the elections for the first time in 1995, and then during my political career….
Perhaps it was my belief in this humane political philosophy that kept me away from ministerial positions
