the present paper discusses the priority of cognitive processes over language production of the speaker, based on mulla sadra’s philosophy of language. in this regard, the conditions of perceiving knowledge as well as the process of language production of the speaker are propounded. mulla sadra believes that knowledge is perceived through a process in which human soul is an active agent rather ...

ibn sina considers the first being in the world to be the first intellect, which issues from the necessary being on the basis of the principle, ‘only one issues from that which is one in all respects’, and through the different aspects of which all other beings come into existence. ibn arabi rejects the basis of ibn sina’s theory of the first emanation, which is the above mentioned principle, a...

In the Islamic tradition, Mulla Sadra is foremost among the philosophers who have dealt with the issue of prophecy from all three theological, philosophical, and mystical perspectives. Among Western scholars of religion, Henry Corbin is the most prominent commentator of prophetic wisdom, who has provided a mystical reading of the problem of prophecy drawing on the ideas of Muslim philosophers. ...

Issues on differences between men and women have always been a source for dispute and different approaches in the available literature on women. Some have seen these differences resulting from the dissimilar socialization of men and women in family and society. While some put more emphasis on the physiological differences and rely on theological interpretations, some others consider them as ess...

 In what follows, the author has dealt with the relation between the necessary being as an unchangeable Essence and His changeable and unchangeable attributes. Neither is the ascription of any changeable attribute impossible for God nor is the ascription of any kind of unchangeable attribute possible. As the change of genitive attributes does not demand the change in the Essence, it is possible...

one of the issues discussed in details in philosophy is the end of humanity after death (according to the tendency of immortality) and the survival of the human population or accepting death and invalidity with destruction of the body. philosophers such as ibn sina, suhrawardi and mulla sadra explain the stages and types of souls after death, and the immortality of them. ibn sina after al-farab...