Abstract

ERFANI NAMIN, Jale; NOVIN, Hossein; ARIAN, Ali  and  SALAH, Asgar. Investigating the concept of the Over-soul in the works of Emerson and Rumi. Conrado [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.70, pp.37-47.  Epub Dec 02, 2019. ISSN 2519-7320.

There is the One, Perfect, Informed and Infinite Essence behind all the phenomena in the world. One side of the world is the finite world, full of contradictions and changes; the other side is the world of infinity and the Over-Soul. Rumi and Emerson shared in their understanding of existence, truth, and human, and have benefited from similar mystical concepts and motifs. These similarities could be the result of either a kind of unity in the intellectual system of human beings in illuminated thoughts, or the calque of opinions of the Eastern thinkers, especially Persian mystic poets, such as Hafiz and Rumi, since Emerson has repeatedly acknowledged in his essays and lectures that he had read their works. In spite of the similarity in their thoughts about the path of human emancipation and perfection, the attitude and epistemology of the transcendental concepts, and the common ontology in the path and the destination of this knowledge, there are differences to observe which their dissimilar results should be mentioned. In this regard, in Rumi’s epistemology, we need to pay much attention to love, because love is the cause of unity. From this point of view, this Absolute Infinite (God) is distinct from the universe of the creatures and is primordial and eternal; he was before the creation and will be afterwards. In Emerson’s view, God and Being are not separate from one another.

Keywords : The Over-Soul; Emerson; Rumi.

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