zahra Mousavi baygi; seyyed Mohamad Mousavi; Hadi Izanloo
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Today, the issue of women and their ontological position is one of the topics discussed in the field of thought and social sciences. Although this newly emerging issue is not unprecedented in the ideas expressed by the thinkers of the past few centuries, including Mulla Sadra, there are few concise statements ...
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Today, the issue of women and their ontological position is one of the topics discussed in the field of thought and social sciences. Although this newly emerging issue is not unprecedented in the ideas expressed by the thinkers of the past few centuries, including Mulla Sadra, there are few concise statements by some thinkers on which one can rely to understand the "human value of women" from their perspective. In Mulla Sadra's philosophy, in addition to some statements (fourteen statements) made about women, his philosophical foundations can also be helpful in inferring his view of women status. The present study, through the use of a descriptive-analytical method, tries to answer the question whether Mulla Sadra has a minimalistic view of the human position of women. To answer this question, relying on a text-based and a principle-based approach, we conclude that Mulla Sadra’s statements attributing intellectual defect to women neither have the meaning that the society infers from this concept, nor is this meaning attributable specifically to women. To Mulla Sadra, the concept is a level of human being attributable to both males and females. His philosophical foundations manifest the absolute rejection of gender-based nature of the self which can be proof of the equality of human identity among men and women. The paper also refers to several alternative positions taken toward gender-based self and their answers to this question.
zahra mousavi bayei; seyedMuhammad Mousavi
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According to Islamic philosophers, knowing the Supreme Being is one of the highest level of human spiritual perfection. Knowing the Supreme Being involves different dimensions. One aspect of knowing God is knowing His attributes correctly. Adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present article ...
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According to Islamic philosophers, knowing the Supreme Being is one of the highest level of human spiritual perfection. Knowing the Supreme Being involves different dimensions. One aspect of knowing God is knowing His attributes correctly. Adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present article attempts to answer the question: Is it legitimate to describe the Supreme Being with attributes of the act? In order to answer this question, we define the meaning of attributes of the act, explain the context and factors contributing to belief in such attributes, present the interpretation of the Islamic philosophers of these attributes and the limitations of this theory and finally, offer an acceptable view. The result of the study of the"theory of attributes of the act" reveals that although the Supreme Being is described by some attributes of the act, the way these attributes are understood firstly is rooted in popular interpretation of some early narrators, and secondly is subject to some significant criticism like weakness and deficiency of the Almighty Allah. A survey of the interpretations of the Islamic philosophers from these narrations shows that they do not necessarily require the acceptance of attributes of the act. Besides, there are some narrations that show some attributes of the act like Creator, All-provider, etc. are exact representation of the Essence of God.