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- Title
JOHN LOCKE' DA AKIL VE VAHİY İLİŞKİSİ.
- Authors
OKTAY, Ayşe Sıdıka; BENLİ, Şeyma
- Abstract
Human beings, who seek to discern the ultimate nature of reality, reach the knowledge of truth by the assistance of mind power. This power, which is not available for any other creature, enables people to find themselves and explain the meaning of life. Mankind who think on their own existence will achieve both happiness and reality. According to many philosophers, happiness, achieved by true knowledge, is an ultimate goal for human beings. A person should reach the enlightenment and use God given capabilities at the highest level possible in order to achieve the above-mentioned goal. John Locke, as one the prominent philosophers, tries to guide us to the truth path. He is the founder of the Enlightenment philosophy and a master of 18th century philosophy world. Locke states that there are two sources that help us to get the truth path. These are entitled as "mind" and "revelation". According to Locke, correct understandings of "mind" and "revelation", as well as setting a solid balance between these two concepts will get mankind to the ultimate reality and knowledge of the truth. Our research is based on the definitions of the concepts of "mind" and "revelation" in Locke's philosophy and how to set the right balance between these two notions.
- Publication
Journal of Suleyman Demirel University Institute of Social Sciences, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
1305-7774
- Publication type
Article