The Study of Mazlo’s Hierarchy of Needs in Gulistan of Sa’di

Abstract

Sa’di is one of the most realist poets and writers of Persian language. Particularly in Gulistan which is the best scene of his realism he never dissociates from reality and tries to offer the most practical solutions for solving the problems and essential needs of human being. He is considered as one of the most down-to-earth teachers of pragmatic ethics in Gulistan. On the other hand, Mazlo is considered as the father of humanist approach in psychology. As a teacher of humanist ethics, Sa’di has many common grounds with Mazlo regarding the basic needs of human being. In addition to showing the points of agreement and disparity in their theories about the basic needs of human being, this article aims to explain the importance of these needs based on Gulistan and Mazlo’s prism of basic needs. Sa’di is of the same opinion with Mazlo in most of the generalities and even the details and the amount of importance ascribed to basic needs. But there is one fundamental difference in Sa’di’s thought regarding the four basic needs this need adds the determined as capacity to the prism of basic needs of Sa’di.

Keywords

• Mazlo
• Gulistan
• Sa’di
• Basic Needs
• Human being