A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas
Thinking and reflecting on God is one of the most important foundations of human knowledge according to theologians and philosophers. Therefore, proofs for the God’s existence a very important theological and philosophical issue. Each thinker, according to his/her system of thought, has tried to es...
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| description | Thinking and reflecting on God is one of the most important foundations of human knowledge according to theologians and philosophers. Therefore, proofs for the God’s existence a very important theological and philosophical issue. Each thinker, according to his/her system of thought, has tried to establish a valid proof for the God’s existence of God throughout history. Mulla Sadra, founder of Hekmat Motealiye and Thomas Aquinas, philosopher of the middle ages, are two such important contributors. Though they both consider the God’s existence as given, they still proceeded to establish a proof of the God’s existence. This article, first, explains Mulla Sadra’s and Thomas Aquinas’ viewpoints on the evidence of the existence of God, then presents a comparative analysis of some of their proofs for such existence. This article contends that Mulla Sadra enriches Thomas’ proof of possibility and necessity by adding emkan faghri to it. Further, it states that Mulla Sadar also completes Thomas’ proof of movement by incorporating essential movement in to it. Finally, this paper shows that Mulla Sadar gives reasons for the necessity of being with the proof of Seddighin |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec40635f424244218890745b61369abe2022-12-21T17:43:19ZfasUniversity of IsfahanComparative Theology2008-96512322-34212011-01-0114A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas AquinasKakaee,GhRahmani, MThinking and reflecting on God is one of the most important foundations of human knowledge according to theologians and philosophers. Therefore, proofs for the God’s existence a very important theological and philosophical issue. Each thinker, according to his/her system of thought, has tried to establish a valid proof for the God’s existence of God throughout history. Mulla Sadra, founder of Hekmat Motealiye and Thomas Aquinas, philosopher of the middle ages, are two such important contributors. Though they both consider the God’s existence as given, they still proceeded to establish a proof of the God’s existence. This article, first, explains Mulla Sadra’s and Thomas Aquinas’ viewpoints on the evidence of the existence of God, then presents a comparative analysis of some of their proofs for such existence. This article contends that Mulla Sadra enriches Thomas’ proof of possibility and necessity by adding emkan faghri to it. Further, it states that Mulla Sadar also completes Thomas’ proof of movement by incorporating essential movement in to it. Finally, this paper shows that Mulla Sadar gives reasons for the necessity of being with the proof of Seddighinhttp://uijs.ui.ac.ir/coth/browse.php?a_id=60&sid=1&slc_lang=enExistence of GodProof of SeddighinProof of MovementMulla SadraThomas Aquinas |
| spellingShingle | Kakaee,Gh Rahmani, M A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas Comparative Theology Existence of God Proof of Seddighin Proof of Movement Mulla Sadra Thomas Aquinas |
| title | A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas |
| title_full | A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas |
| title_fullStr | A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas |
| title_short | A Comparative and Critical Study on the Proofs of God's Existence from the Viewpoint of Mulla Sadra and Thomas Aquinas |
| title_sort | comparative and critical study on the proofs of god s existence from the viewpoint of mulla sadra and thomas aquinas |
| topic | Existence of God Proof of Seddighin Proof of Movement Mulla Sadra Thomas Aquinas |
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