A Naturalistic Interpretation of the Yoruba Concept of Ori
Adebola Babatunde EkanolaOri is a central concept in Yoruba-language conception of human personality. The Yoruba are said to believe that the personality of each individual is predetermined Ori. In this paper, I aim to show that the available accounts of Ori constitute an inadequate explanation of this determinism—what is popularly translated as destiny—in Yoruba thought. In place of the spiritualistic predetermination of personality implied in the idea of destiny, I wish to offer a naturalistic, humanistic account of Ori.
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Année:
2006
Editeur::
Penn State University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
13
Collection:
Philosophia Africana(Vol. 9, Issue 1)
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english, 2006