mikaeel rasulzadeh

Perhaps, we can remember that in a not very distant past, when children became ready to play some group games or native and local games, a few players volunteered for recruiting players for their teams and asked, “Who is with me?” At the same time, some players waited to be recruited or asked daringly, “To which team do I belong?” If we remember our own childhood and the games that we played at that time, we will understand that we grew up, built our own personalities, found friends, developed our feelings and emotions, and learnt about social life while playing those childish games. We owe a considerable amount of our philosophical virtues which have led to our practical virtues to the same native-local games of our childhood. One of the noteworthy topics in the field of critical thinking is philosophical virtues. They consist of positive thinking characteristics which contribute to better thinking. In this paper, the writer has dealt with a number of philosophical virtues, such as philosophical modesty, philosophical courage, philosophical synchrony, philosophical independence, philosophical honesty, philosophical perseverance, trusting wisdom, and justice. He has also explained the principles of the proposed philosophical virtues in children’s native and local games. Presently, computer and TV games have resulted in forgetting these original games and depriving children from the virtues that were greatly appreciated in the past.

Debate and dialog have been two traditional means of obtaining knowledge since the beginning of creation. However, some conditions are necessary for a successful dialog or debate to take place. One of the most important conditions is for the interlocutors not to be dogmatic. Generally speaking, a dialog literally means thinking about the reality and nature of something and exchanging the related ideas. This paper deals with one of the available sources for internalizing the principles of dialog in children, namely, short quoted dialogs in folk literature in prose or poetry which teach certain well-established principles using a simple language. Therefore, while discussing the roots of debate and dialog, the writer briefly explains their background in both folk and classic literatures and in other sciences. He particularly focuses on dialogs in children’s folk literature with reference to two examples: Drakht-i Asurig (The Babylonian Tree) as an ancient example, and Qari Naneh (Old Woman Winter) and the Elements of Nature as contemporary examples in Azeri popular culture. In Qari Naneh’s dialog with the elements of nature, the tools of establishing the dialog include the following: knowledge, patience, and skill. Moreover, the most effective norms of having an efficient and useful dialog are as follows: 1) knowledge of thoughts and character, 2) a sympathetic language, 3) righteousness, 4) politeness in speech, 5) speaking in short, and 6) lack of haste in speaking.