the kind of attitude to mulla sadra’s works is important in deducing his views accurately. here, there are two types of attitudes. first, the real sadra’s views are what we understand literally from his assertions. the second is that the deduction of his final ideas needs some philosophical independent judgment (ijtihad) in addition to what is understood literally from his assertions and other ...

A 1980 poem by Alan Mackay outlines his aspiration 'to see what all have seen but think what none have thought': a daunting task, which he accomplished not once, but several times. A 'truly myriadminded, manysided man-a veritable triacontahedron' in the words of his colleagues and friends, Alan Mackay pursued a lifelong interest in the problems of morphogenesis and form, a comprehension of whic...

the tendency to say things indirectly rather than being explicit is one of the most evident qualities of contemporary arabic poetry. to achieve this indirectness, the contemporary poets make use of numerous devices including innuendo. the “jesus after crucifixion” ode by sayy?b is one the primary examples of this novel literary technique. since the technique of innuendo is based on the elements...

the sealness of wilayah is one of the most important and challenging issues discussed by muslim mystics, and has been discussed by the likes of ibn ‘arabi. like other mystics, ibn ‘arabi divides wilayah into two types: absolute and limited. however, his ideas with regards to instances of absolute wilayah and limited wilayah diverge from the norm. sometimes this divergence is so extreme that acc...

ticular note are Raymond Dasman's ecological analysis of what man hath wrought to his detriment in the Nile Valley, Kenneth Boulding's exposition of an economics based on the recognition of the finiteness of our world, Father Wassmer's discussion of abortion, and Kingsley Davis' detailed attack on the assumption that better contraceptives and better access to these contraceptives will, themselv...