Identity of the Perfect Man in the Ultimate Thought of Transcendent Philosophy: The First Manifestation
Subject Areas : ملاصدراپژوهی و اندیشۀ حکمت متعالیه
Seyedeh Zahra Mousavi Bayegi
1
,
Seyyed Morteza Hosseini Shahrudi
2
,
Abbas Javarshakian
3
1 - PhD in Transcendent Philosophy, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Professor at the Department of Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords: perfect human, manifestation, names and attributes, glorious name, physical manifestation,
Abstract :
The issue of the perfect Man is one of the important philosophical-gnostic discussions that is closely linked with Shi’i narrative teachings; therefore, it is propounded in various sciences such as gnosis, philosophy, kalām, etc. However, each of these fields has addressed the issue of the perfect Man based on its own specific principles and methods. Based on the common view of Mullā Ṣadrā’s philosophy, it can be said that he considers the perfect Man to be a human being who began their journey from the cradle of nature and attained the station of immediate proximity in the highest of heavens. The present research, following an analytical-descriptive approach, seeks to provide an answer to the question of whether the reality of the perfect Man in the ultimate view of the founder of Transcendent Philosophy is limited to the common understanding of this concept. The conducted studies indicate that, based on the gnostic principles of Transcendent Philosophy and Mullā Ṣadrā’s brief references to this issue, the perfect Man cannot be limited to individuals who begin their spiritual journey from the world of nature. Rather, in his ultimate view, the true perfect Man is the original manifestation of the Greatest Name, i.e., the first effect of Almighty Truth or, in a better sense, the first manifestation of God. However, as great figures on gnosis acknowledge, this manifestation also has a specific physical and natural appearance. Hence, if the human beings grown in the realm of nature are called perfect men, it is because they have attained the station of the true perfect Man.