بررسی اندیشه‌های پارادوکسیکال (متناقض) در شعرنظامی

Nezami was a great poet whose poetic aspect was more dominant and stronger than his philosophical aspect and his interest in the “whys” and “hows” of life. The history of his thoughts and views was rather constant and standing, as his life was.

Like all Ash'arites, his religious views are based on little use of wisdom and its "wooden foot”, which is responsible for his consistency and constancy. Any protest and nonconformity derives from cogitation, comparison and application of wisdom. Nezami sometimes praises wisdom; he even wrote a book about the merits of wisdom, but, in many places, he denunciates wisdom and emphasizes its inapplicability. This is why we find little protest and challenge in his thought. In Nezami's thought, the entire world moves towards its destined goal. Such a view requires a total monolithic worldview in which there is little room for contradiction and conflict.

Moreover, the dominance of his poetical self over his philosophical aspects has aggravated he situation. This combination makes Nezami a storyteller whose chief concern is fantasy, description, excitement, emotion and attractions, not philosophical investigation and questioning.

Therefore, in terms of philosophical contradictions we find holistic and general schemes, not detailed and subtle workings of reason.