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The Generation of Wisdom: Innate Disposition and Learning in the Epistemology of Dēnkard (VI.262)
Category: Religion and Philosophy
According to Dēnkard (Book VI, §262), the anthropology of knowledge addresses the manifestation of xratu (Av.; wisdom) in different ways in human beings, symbolically described as masculine and feminine. This distinction is not related to biological sex, but rather to complementary functions in the cognitive and moral process. According to the aforementioned points, the text identifies asna xratu ... » Continue Reading