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Because of self-love, every have a defect in his existence
person likes to do something and he tries to eliminate any
that causes him to be praised, deficiency and flaw as much
not something that causes him as possible from himself in
to be condemned. (Misbah Yazdi, order to reach his desired
2012: 123-125) perfection. He hides defects
before he can remove them.
3. Machiavelli considered the (Ibid: 28)
perfection of man in material Therefore, from his viewpoint,
power, and the perfect man in the true perfection of a human
his opinion is a prince or a being is actually the evolution
ruler. of the soul, and the
Unlike Machiavelli, Ayatollah acquisition of power should be
Misbah does not consider the consistent with strengthening
true perfection of man as the spiritual dimension of the
material and natural perfection. individual, not in line with
He believes that humanity fleeting material goals.
depends on his divine spirit
and human evolution is 4. According to Machiavelli,
actually the evolution of the it is not enough to have a goal
soul that is dependent on the without power, because what
nearness to God. (Ibid, 1998: 460) makes goals come true is
Allameh Misbah believes power. Machiavelli declares
that anyone who pays attention that man must have power in
to his inner motivations and order to maintain his position
psychological tendencies will and obtain his goals.
find that the root of many of Ayatollah Misbah does not
them is to achieve perfection. seek the purpose of moral
Basically, no person tends to action in material things.
