The Reflection of Iranian Philosophy in Sadi's Works

The present article is a supplementary work on an article entitled “The effect of Anoshirvan and Bozorgmer’s Advice on Golestan-e Sadi” published in the journal of arts- Tarbiyet Moalem University. The aim of the article, as its title reveals, is to show the effects of the advice attributed to Anoshirvan and Bozorgmehr on Golestan-e Sadi. Unlike the above article, whose scope was confined to Golestan-e Sa’di and Anoshirvan and Bozorgmehr, in the present article, the author presents some new pieces of evidence from other Sadi’s works whose origins go back to the philosophy of the ancient Iran. In addition, the author has attempted to provide related items in Arabic and Persian literature for every subject and by explaining the Persian literary texts, the study has aptly shown that there is a need for a comparative study and a search for traces of the Persian thoughts and philosophy in the ancient literary texts. Similarly, taking into consideration the traces of the Iranian annals in the Arabic ancient texts, there is a great need for the reconsideration of the present subject in hand. The article also tries to critically discuss the ideas and notions of Hossain Ali Mahfooz as he, without knowing the Persian background of Sa’di, has attributed much of Sadi’s philosophy to the Arabic literature; unfortunately, such a hypothesis is more or less carried out in analyzing texts even after Sa’di.