"What is fate?" Nasruddin was asked by a scholar. "An endless succession of intertwined events. each duenc ing the other." "That is hardly a satisfactory answer. I believe in cause and effect." "Very well," said the Mulla, "look at that." He pointed to a procession passing in the street. "That man is being taken to be hanged. Is that because someone gave him a silver piece and enabled him to bu...

the kind of attitude to mulla sadra’s works is important in deducing his views accurately. here, there are two types of attitudes. first, the real sadra’s views are what we understand literally from his assertions. the second is that the deduction of his final ideas needs some philosophical independent judgment (ijtihad) in addition to what is understood literally from his assertions and other ...

comparison of mula sadra’s epistemology theory and virtual epistemology theories of zagzebski and platinga infers that the former’s theory can be categorized as a virtual epistemology. platinga believes in virtue of forming faculties and zagzebski believes in function of intellectual power in forming episteme. in fact, both of them believe is some aspects of the elements effective in formation ...

The insecticidal potential of benzoylphenylurea (BPU) insect growth regulators (IGRs) has been studied since the early 1970s (Maas et al. 1981). A number of these IGRs have been evaluated in the laboratory and under field conditions against dipterous insects of medical and economic importance, particularly mosquitoes and chironomid midges (Ali and Lord 1980, Mulla and Darwazeh 1979). Among the ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Ptilotus polystachyus (green mulla mulla; ptilotus) is a short-lived perennial herb that occurs widely in Australia in arid and semi-arid regions with nutrient poor soils. As this species shows potential for domestication, its response to addition of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) was compared to a variety of the domesticated exotic perennial pasture herb Cichorium intybus ...

This research is entitled Hajj Mulla Jalizadeh and his fatwas (advisory opinion) on the subject of divorce. It deals with biography Asaad Julizadeh, who has written many books in field legislation, jurisprudence various sciences. Many distinguished scholars from different regions have graduated hands. However, writings been forgotten. The importance studying about him lies fact that such studie...

Sadra views essential defect of human soul, coverage, imitation or following the group and the effect of corporeality as the agents against the human system of reasoning and, therefore, lead to human inclination from ethical values. For Molla Sadra, nearly all of immoralities lie in the lack of knowledge and in the negligence caused by irrational powers dominating human system of reasoning. In ...