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- Title
'Allamah Tabataba' i on Intuitive Knowledge of the Self and its Consequences in Practical Wisdom.
- Authors
REZA AKBARIAN; NONA MOMENI
- Abstract
Current scientific approaches consider empirical science to be the only scientific method for achieving self-awareness. However, Western contributors could not provide a complete empirical explanation in spite of their endeavour. According to Islamic philosophers, especially Mulla Sadra and the like, when man sees only his immediate surrounding and imprisons himself within the limitations of selfishness, he cannot achieve his complete existence and attain perfection in the Truth. For Mulla Sadra and the like, man first gains the knowledge of God then he gains theknowledge of himself. Having inherited from previous Islamic philosophers, 'Allamah Tabataba'i argued that man gains the knowledge of God and absorbs in the Truth in the cradle of society not merely through mystical experience. According to Tabataba'i, knowledge of God is necessarily realized while gaining knowledge of the self and ethics is a part of religion and is gained through intuitive knowledge.
- Publication
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, 2011, Vol 4, Issue 3, p265
- ISSN
1748-9423
- Publication type
Academic Journal