The enlightened soul is a person who is self-conscious of his human condition in his time and historical and social setting, and whose awareness inevitably and necessarily gives him a sense of social responsibility.

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Ali Shariati was a 20th-century Iranian sociologist and philosopher. Ali Shariati Mazinani was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion. He is regarded as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia →

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