and extraordinary interpretation of some common sociological and philosophical fallacies of our society or about the ideas or concepts that are either taken for granted without further exploration of those concepts.
Jalalpuri has tried his best to decode these social constructions and presented a logical and critical analysis of these common held ideas,
You may either not completely agree with his arguments but the way he presented his ideas will give you another perspective of thinking about all these common held ideas or beliefs.
Like state and religion are inseparable, history repeats itself, mysticism is a part of religion, man is naturally selfish, past was so glorious and many more interesting ideas that are taken for granted but in actuall they are not so.
A brilliant and concise piece of writing which is peculiar in its own kind mixture of history, philosophy, religion and all other form of knowledge and how we come to know about truth and realities by Syed Ali Abbas jalalpuri,who is commonly known as Will Durant of Pakistan.
Highly recommended specially for those who are interested in philosophy and historical development of thoughts and ideas, right myths have been chosen to bust logically, a must read boook for all Pakistanis in particular and Muslims in general, Research Articles. . Ali Abbas Jalalpuri carefully selects some of the common sociological and philosophical misconceptions or fallacies of his time and attempts to break them:
that history repeats itself
that freedom means unfaithfulness
that past was better
that philosophy is nearing death
that human nature does not change
that spiritual revelation, or spiritual ecstasy wajd is superior than reason
that wealth is the cause of happiness
that mysticism is part of religion
that love is an illness
that moral values are permanent and eternal
that woman is a lesser being than man
that art is for artists only
that man is inherently egoistic
that state and religion are inseparabledecember Good One.
. Prof. Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri was a writer from Pakistan regarded
by the intellectuals as the Will Durant of Pakistan, He wrote than fourteen books on Philosophy, History, and Religion in Urdu and Punjabi languages, His books seemed to herald an age of reason in Pakistan and his opinions on the subjects of history, civilization, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, folklore are held in great esteem.
In his greatest work, Riwayat e Falsafa Traditions of Philosophy, he tried to educate a common Urdu reader on the subject of Philosophy.
This book served its purpose in popularizing the subject within the country, His Works:. Riwayat e Falsafa Story of Philosophy, Wahdatul Wujud tey Punjabi Shaeri Pantheism and Punjabi Poetry, Iqbal Prof. Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri was a writer from Pakistan regarded by the intellectuals as the Will Durant of Pakistan, He wrote than fourteen books on Philosophy, History, and Religion in Urdu and Punjabi languages, His books seemed to herald an age of reason in Pakistan and his opinions on the subjects of history, civilization, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, folklore are held in great esteem.
In his greatest work, Riwayat e Falsafa Traditions of Philosophy, he tried to educate a common Urdu reader on the subject of Philosophy.
This book served its purpose in popularizing the subject within the country, His Works:. Riwayat e Falsafa Story of Philosophy, Wahdatul Wujud tey Punjabi Sha'eri Pantheism and Punjabi Poetry, Iqbal Ka Ilm e Kalam The Theology of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Maqamat e Waris Shah Places of Waris Shah, Ruh e Asar Zeit Geist or The Spirit of the Age, Aam Fikri Mughaltay Common Intellectual Errors, Tareekh Ka Naya Mor The New Turn of History, Rasoom Aqwam The Cultures of Nations, Jinsiyati Mutaley Studies in SexKianat aur Insan Universe and ManRiwayat e Tamadan Qadeem Story of Ancient CivilizationsKhird Nama Jalalpuri Jalalpuri DictionaryMaqalat Jallapuri Essays by JalalpuriSibd Gulchainh A collection of poetry sitelink.