درنگي بر هندسه معرفتي ملاصدرا و ملاك تاسيس فكر فلسفي

An Overview of Mulla Sadraʹs Knowledge Geometry and the Criterion for Establishing Philosophical Thought

This paper reviews the two claims propunded concerning the theory of the decline of political thought in Iran. The first claim poses the paradox that Mulla Sadraʹs political discussions are unimportant, and that if he has said anything about paying attention to worldly needs, it is only a repetition of his predessorsʹ words, and that he does not really believe in them. In response to this paradox, through emphasizing the unity of the essences of wisdom, the mystic path, and the Divine Law (shariʹa), it has been stated that it is only by mastering all works of a thinker, internalizing all his scientific premises, and perceiving the details and fine points of his thoughts that one could judge whether he believes in his own words or ideas or not. The second claim, due to suggesting the false idea that no prominent thinker has ever risen from among the followers of Mulla Sadraʹs school of thought, either in the field of philosophy or in politics, deals with the discussion of thinkersʹ criteria for evaluation and typology in the domains of establishing philosophical schools and theorizing. The author has tried to criticize this claim through a short comparison of such criteria in the western world and in the Islamic world.