University of Qom Journal of Philosophical Theological Research 1735-9791 11 2 2010 02 20 Intellect and Its Limits as Viewed by Mulla Sadra Intellect and Its Limits as Viewed by Mulla Sadra 179 202 180 10.22091/pfk.2009.180 FA Shahab Al-Din Vahidi Mehrjerdi Journal Article 2015 08 15 One of the important discussions in the history of theology in Islamic and western culture has been whether intellect can solve all of the problems of human beings or not? Mulla Sadra, the inheritor of peripatetic and oriental philosophy and Islamic Gnosticism and the establisher of transcendent philosophy, regards intellect as a powerful instrument for resolving difficulties of many humanistic and divine problems; but he didn’t neglect its limits. According to his works such as Asfar, Mafatih-al-Ghueib, Illumination of Kafi's Principles, Shavahed-al-Robubiah, Three Principles' Treatise, and etc., the writer thinks that Mulla Sadra believes in limits of intellect in different cases like, soul, names and attributes of God, mysteries and secrets of existence world, the facts of existence world, the corporal Return; also most of the scholars believe that he regarded intellect and faith complimentary. In this essay we try to study these issues. One of the important discussions in the history of theology in Islamic and western culture has been whether intellect can solve all of the problems of human beings or not? Mulla Sadra, the inheritor of peripatetic and oriental philosophy and Islamic Gnosticism and the establisher of transcendent philosophy, regards intellect as a powerful instrument for resolving difficulties of many humanistic and divine problems; but he didn’t neglect its limits. According to his works such as Asfar, Mafatih-al-Ghueib, Illumination of Kafi's Principles, Shavahed-al-Robubiah, Three Principles' Treatise, and etc., the writer thinks that Mulla Sadra believes in limits of intellect in different cases like, soul, names and attributes of God, mysteries and secrets of existence world, the facts of existence world, the corporal Return; also most of the scholars believe that he regarded intellect and faith complimentary. In this essay we try to study these issues.

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