The comparison of the Liberalism foundations in Ancient Greece with the political thought of Iranian poets.

Abstract

This article explores the similarities of liberalism thoughts in Ancient Greece with that of Iranian poets. The hypothesis is that the ideas of these two groups of scholars are very close. The Sophists’ ideas have had a profound effect on what is known as liberalism today, and many of the liberalism principles such as humanism, toleration and pluralism have originated from this thought. Also, the Iranian poet, Molana, is a cognitive pluralist. The economic ideas of Aristotle, from whom the economic liberalism has been originated, are significant. Sa’di has also communalities in economic thinking and liberalism thinking. The Stoicism has communalities with Sa’di. As a governance method, democracy has been considered by ancient Greek scholars and Sa’di.