Man the naturally third dimensional being within reason and Islamic perspectives
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هوية الإنسان, البعد الثالث للإنسان, الجوانب المتعالية للرموز الثقافية, ابن خلدون, شهادة العقل والنقل The Third Human Dimensional being, human identity, Aql and Naql perspectives, transcendental dimensions of CS, Ibn Khaldun
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This paper claims theoretically that Humans are first of all Homo Culturus before being Homo Politicus or Homo Sociologus or Homo Oeconomicus. Humans are distinguished from the rest of the species by what I call the Third Human Dimension/THD or Cultural Symbols/CS: language, thought, religion, knowledge / science , myths , laws and cultural values and norms. According to the reason/Aql analysis and the the Islamic perspective/Naql, CS are very central to the human identity of individuals, groups and societies. Consequently, they are basic keys for understanding and explaining individual as well as collective behaviours in human societies. The paradigm of Homo Culturus helps explain also the phenomenon of the human mind in its various forms: illiterate mind, educated mind and the great thinking minds of scientists and scholars like Ibn Khaldun’s.
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