تدبير السعادة في فكر ابن باجة

Abstract EN

The aim of the human existence, as reviewed by Ibn Baja, is to reach the extent happiness, which is basically related to the reasoning process.

This process depends some how on the dialectics between two extremes, the city and the solitary meditator: the city enabled the meditator to be more conscious and extremely sensible of its problems, thus he reasoned it and so became his main concern.

It contributed accordingly to the genesis of the meditator so that he would execute changes.

As for the meditator or the native of the city, they incarnate the rebellion act against the city customs, the seclusion from the public life and self-founding in order to limit the perfect city to their miniature model, which should read the city of the one; thenceforth and in pacific ways of reason, wisdom and patience avoiding too all the force and violence channels, the meditator revolts against himself and tries not only to change his bad habits but to set new order in the city as well.