Thesis:

Examining Conceptual Metaphor in Ibn Sina's works

Abstract Conceptual metaphor theory presented by Likoff and Johnson, It caused a huge change in the way people look at the problem of perception and knowledge. Lekoff and Johnson's most important claim was that metaphor is not simply a matter of language Rather, the process of human thought and cognition is mainly metaphorical. The classical approach considered metaphor as a kind of literary art, But Likoff and Johnson, by criticizing this view, expanded the practical realm of conceptual metaphor. They introduced metaphorical thought as inevitable, pervasive and unconscious. Conceptual metaphor is a systematic mapping between two conceptual areas: the source area, which is more concrete and objective, is mapped onto the destination area, which is more abstract. According to Likoff and Johnson, conceptual metaphor plays an important role in understanding and recognizing various scientific fields, including philosophy, In their view, every philosopher has founded her intellectual and philosophical system on the basis of one or more central metaphors that the removal of this metaphor means the removal of philosophy. In this treatise, we have tried to investigate the claim of Likoff and Johnson and with the aim of proving this claim, we examined Ibn Sina's works in the fields of ontology, epistemology and soulology. Examining the various works of Ibn Sina in the three areas mentioned while emphasizing the validity of Likaf and Johnson's claim, It made it possible to present a new analysis and reading of the Sinavi philosophical system in the three areas mentioned. It was proved in the field of ontology that the metaphor "existence is a body" is the central metaphor of existence and Ibn Sina's ontology revolves around this axis. In the epistemology department, the existence of macro metaphors such as "science is seeing" and "science is movement" led to the explanation of a wide part of the process of perception and in the field of soulology, ontological metaphors, including anthropomorphic metaphors and image schemas of power and container, played a major role in expressing various aspects of Ibn Sina's soulology and in general, the conclusion was reached that according to Likoff and Johnson's claim, Ibn Sina's philosophical system cannot be separated from conceptual metaphor and understanding this system without conceptual metaphors is complicated and difficult.

Keywords: Keywords: Ibn Sina, conceptual metaphor, ontology, epistemology, psychology.