Plato Aur Ibn Rushd: Do Falsafi, Aik Sach?
Solah sadiyon aur aik samandar ke faasle par, aik Athens ka falsafi aur aik Andalusia ka qazi aik hairat-angez ittefaq par pahunche: ke aql aur wahi aakhir mein aik doosre ki takzeeb nahi kar sakte. Magar kya yeh ittefaq sach tha — ya aik khoobsurat umeed? Yeh sawal aaj bhi khula hai.
By· June 26, 2026· 6 min read
Plato ki wafat Athens mein taqreeban 347 qabl-e-Maseeh mein hui. Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd — jise Latin maghrib Averroes ke naam se jaanta hai — Cordoba mein 1126 eeswi mein paida hua. Dono ke darmiyan qareeb pandrah sau saal hain, aik tehzeeb ka zawaal aur doosri ka urooj. Phir bhi dono ko saath saath parhna aisa hai jaise aik lambi khamoshi ke baad koi guftagu dobara shuru ho gayi ho.
Plato Ki Baazi
Plato ki bari baazi yeh thi ke nazar aane wali duniya ke bahao ke neeche aik aisa nizam hai jis tak aql pahunch sakti hai — Forms, azali aur ghair-mutabaddil, jin ki yahan ki har cheez aik na-mukammal naqal hai. Plato ke liye ilm ijaad nahi, yaad-dehani hai: rooh ka ghaar ki deewar par parne wale saayon se mun mor kar us roshni ki taraf murna jo unhein banati hai. Us ki mash'hoor tamseel — The Cave — dar-asal aik sawal hai jo har parhne wale se poocha jata hai: tum jo dekh rahe ho, kya wohi haqeeqat hai, ya kisi aur cheez ka saaya?
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