 | Meontology
In the Vast Sea of the Masnavi
Ali Sait Sadıkoğlu, translated by M. Felat Özsoy
In Meontology, Ali Sait Sadıkoğlu undertakes a radical reexamination of the notion of non-being, drawing upon the profound insights of the fifth book of Rūmī’s Masnavi. Challenging the Western metaphysical tradition from Plato to Heidegger, a tradition that has historically treated non-being merely as a logical modality, a nothing, or a problematic counterpart to Being, this book posits non-being as pure thought and the very essence of existence itself.
By liberating this concept from subjective and anthropocentric frameworks, the author returns to the genesis of philosophical inquiry. Through an exploration of the experience of divine love, Meontology reveals non-being not as the oppositional shadow of existence, but as its royal gateway. This transformative theoretical shift provides a novel vantage point for reconsidering the domains of art, science, and religion. Ultimately, the book breathes new life into contemporary spirituality, proposing a new ideal of human existence: the human as the guardian of non-being.
978-1-84890-505-4
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