Human is the god’s caliph on earth and moving toward perfection is the most important feature of him. Attention to the perfect man and its recognition is one of the subjects that have considered by various religions. The perfect man in mysticism is like a mirror that has two faces: divine names and attributes manifest on one of the faces and the infallible god observes itself on it and on the o...

The dissolution of the Western-dominated Postwar Order, and the Eurocentric myths that sustain it, presents a unique opportunity to ponder an old question posed by every new generation: How can philosophy, which Islamic and ancient Greek learning traditions have long defined as the pursuit of “wisdom,” resume its millennial civilizing role? This paper looks beyond passing political events to re...

Ṣadrā presents the usefulness of the faculties of perception governed by the intellect as a fitting paradigm for understanding man’s being in the world in relation to the divine purpose and source of this being. Perception raises challenging questions which, while peripheral to philosophy proper, have contributed to the debate on knowing and being. Dating back to the Presocratics, this debate c...