Philosophy of Religion Research
Knowledge In Mystical Thought of Shaykh Najm al-din
Document Type : Original Research
Author
Assistant Professor of Quran and Hadith Department, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Shaykh Najm al-din Kubra ( d. 618 H. ) is one of the influential thinkers in erea of speculative mysticism . His reflections includes anthropology , philosophy of mind and theory of knowledge . He discussed , amony other issues , the significance of various types of dreams and visions ; the different classes of conceptions and images , ie , Luminous and dark , ( Khawatir ) that engage the mystic’s attention . then , he dealt with higher type of khawatir . divine inspiration , and presented a complete theory of recollection . In his view , man needs senses and reason for his worldly life , but he never attain knowledge concerning world realities , except by self- exertion . He believed in a great truth in the luminous world as a “macroreason” which can be perceived only by means of individual human reason or “microreason” . the concepts of “absence” ( ghibat ) and taste ( dhawq ) are ones that play a important role in Najm al-din’s theory of knowledge .
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