Document Type : Original Research

Author

• Mohammad Reza Ershadinia

Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

Abstract

In order to prove the doctrine of the union of the intelligent and the intelligible, Hakim Sabzavari has organized various arguments. From these arguments, the one examined in this article is based on these proximate principles: the classification of humans based on perceptions and dispositions, and the embodiment of actions. Hakim Sabzavari has placed people in three main groups according to the perfection of the soul and the degree of intellectual actuality: 1. those who approach God as much as possible, 2. the companions of the right hand, and 3. the companions of the left hand. Although the intellect and the union of the intelligent and the intelligible are best crystalized in the first group, each group has its requirements for the union. The argument focuses on the union of renewable dispositions in imperfect souls, i.e., the second and third groups. According to Hakim Sabzavari's understanding of the embodiment of actions, imperfect souls are free from prime matter, but due to the unity of the knower and the known, engaging in altering and renewing things in the world creates a secondary nature for the knower. Consequently, the embodiment of the actions entails the emergence of essential requirements, i.e., renewability, change, and alteration. Although some have tried to undermine this argument, in this article, it has been shown that the lack of attention to the mentioned principles and the lack of a deep and complete understanding of transcendent wisdom caused them not to receive the correct content of the argument, and also not to make a fair assessment of it.

Keywords

• Haji Mulla Hadi Sabzavari
• Union of the intellect and the Intelligent and the Intelligible
• Embodiment of Actions and Dispositions
• Triple Classification of Human