حکمت صدرایی (May 2016)
The destroyers for true knowledge from the viewpoint of Allama Tabatabai
Abstract
This article tries to explain the viewpoint of Allama Tabatabai, one of the great Muslim philosophers, concerning true knowledge and its destroyers. Allama believes that knowledge about names and attributes of God is the true knowledge and is the origin of happiness and the perfection of human beings. In the epistemological system of Allama Tabatabai, the reality of science is an existential matter and is a grace from the upper world to a human being's heart (soul). A human being – with his capacity and preparation - can unite with Active Intellect to get forms of it. By looking into Allam's works, one can find that destroyers such as: deviation from the judgment of the intellect, mere naturalism and rationalism, ignorance of inward journey, lack of moderation of soul's faculties, and demon's intervention, are some examples of cognitive and non-cognitive destroyers for knowledge that result in not receiving necessary capabilities for getting true knowledge.
