The Part of Philosophical Sciences in Practical Ethics on Nahj al-Balaghah Teachings

Noticing ethics in various areas of life is increasingly in progression. Explanatory studies of and improving ethical disordersis counted among the requirements of this age and, undoubtedly, one cause of human deeds lies in one`s knowledge, the fact leading us to inseparability of ethics and human knowledge. In this paper, it is intende to explain the how of one`s mind affects his/her deeds. After presenting a precise definition of wisdom, its effect on and its way of improving practical ethics has been proved and, then, various instances of wisdom have been extracted from Nahj al-Balaghah and some of its effects clearly visible in deed have been referred to. The purpose of this article is to investigate and demonstrate the constructive effect of theoretical education in the field of behavior. One of the results of this article is that human beings, in addition to other constructive factors, need to have a precise theoretical and intellectual system based on rational reasons about the beginning and the end of the universe and the human being without which it is difficult to achieve ethics.