ibn sina characterizes sidiqin argument as an argument by means of which the existence of necessary being is proved just on the basis of reflecting on the nature of being. he claims that his versions of the argument satisfy the criterion, really. mulla sadra, however, argues first that ibn sina’s arguments are not, properly speaking, based on reflecting on the nature of being, and second that t...

The use of the monomolecular film Arosurf@ MSF as a mosquito larvicide was first reported by Ganett and White (1977). Since then, the efficacy of this larvicide on many mosquito species has been demonstrated in a wide variety of aquatic habitats (Levy et al. 1981, 1982; Mulla et al. 1983, Takahashi et al. 1984). Aquatic plants which occur in fresh and salt water habitats are an important source...

the ideal theory is plato’s most important philosophical view involving his allegory of the cave. he tried much to explain this theory and present arguments in order to prove it. however, his views on the proof arguments and the concrete materials with ideals suffer from shortcomings. the present paper argues that the critiques of aristotle, avicenna, and allamah tabatabaee against this theory ...

rawzah al- shuhada, by mulla husayn wa‘iz-i- kashifi (d. 910 a.h), is one of the most influential books on karbala tragedy in recent centuries. nevertheless, it has been criticized by the shi‘a scholars for spreading spurious narratives among later works and public beliefes as well. the present article, discussing uncreditable narratives and falsifications in the work of kashifi, intendes to in...

human’s life becomes meaningful and valuable when the purpose of his creation becomes true. the investigation of nature’s role in the case of special human’s creation is related to the meaningfulness of human’s life. in this study, first we will explain first nature and second nature with descriptive-analysis method and from mullah sadra’s point of view and then, we explain his view about natur...

since ethics is one of the subdivisions of practical wisdom, islamic philosopher’s view point is very important in explanation of theoretical and practical reason. this paper is going to analyze the distinction between practical and theoretical reason from haeri’s point of view. in order to finding the roots of his issue, at the beginning we will propose the idea of philosophers like farabi, ib...

in shiite school, imamate is one of the self-evident doctrinal principles, which is on the same level as prophethood. during the history of shiism, many thinkers and intellectuals have considered this principle in philosophical and theological terms. they have comprehensively elaborated on the characteristics of those, who hold this position. thus, the transcendental theosophy, as one of the ma...