A Perfect Person
What Is Perfect? A perfect figure is a reasonable purpose for all humans. In islam itself for instance, knowing the mashum or the perfect figures is an obligation for all the faithful. Not knowing merely their identity, but more importantly their personality. In islam, knowing the perfect figure is a way to become a better person by making them as an instance. But, for me, knowing the perfect figure of ourselves is a mirror to our core values, meanings, and purposes. Reading The Perfect Figure or Insone Kamil, a compilation of Mutthahari’s lectures on humanity, got me to ask the question “what is the perfect human for me?” How should we live is an eternal question. Many philosophers of the ancient and the present have been trying to answer this question. As a result, there are a myriad of answers out there. But the question for oneself would be which should oneself abide by? Let us try to examine some of the philosophies Mutthahari discussed in his lectures. Humanism believes that huma
