Philosophy of Religion Research
The Role of Fitrah in the Argumentation for the Existence of God from Shahabadi's Perspective
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Assistant Professor of University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran
Abstract
Ayatollah Mohammadali Shahabadi is of the founders of the theory of Fitrah (inborn disposition of human) in the last century. His approach to this subject is religious and mystical, but some of his theorizations are from philosophical and intellectual perspective. Shahabadi, resorting to characteristics of Fitrah, has proved existence of God and his attributes through various ways. Natural love to ultimate perfect, innate requirement, innate possibility, innate subjugation, innate scare, innate hope, innate love to the origin and hatred of deficiency are some of these ways. Most of these arguments are innovations of Shahabadi. I think that some of these proofs, such as the proof of subjugation, scare, love to the origin and hatred of deficiency cannot be defended in intellectual and philosophical discourse, but the others can be correct.
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