Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• mohammadrea farahmandkia

shirazu

Abstract

This study examines Fayyaz Lahiji's view on the monster, simplicity, and the criterion of rationality; a view that is expressed in his footnotes to the commentary of Muqaddiq Khafri on the explanation of abstraction, in the form of a simultaneous critique of the Masha'is, the Illuminists, and his teacher (Muqaddiq Khafri). Relying on Avicenna's definition in Al-Shifa, Lahiji considers the simplicity of the monster to be of the type of "sexual simplicity" and considers it to be devoid of any existential simplicity and, consequently, rationality. He considers Suhrawardi's view that "the monster is simpler than anything" to be the result of the confusion between essence and existence, and the neglect of the real multiplicity of the monster through forms. In the section of the critique of Muqaddiq Khafri, Lahiji draws a precise distinction between "rationality" (meaning the ability to reason) and "rationality of pleasure" and considers the actuality of the essence to be a necessary condition for emergence and rationality; A condition that is not fulfilled in the monster, even though it has a weak existence. The findings of this article show that Lahiji, in this controversy, while maintaining the framework of the wisdom of Masha in defining the monster, achieves an independent and analytical approach in evaluating the criterion of rationality that fundamentally redefines the simplicity and ability of the monster in terms of epistemology. "Comments of Mohaqiq Khafri on the Explanation of Abstraction"

Keywords

• Fayyaz Lahiji
• Huyoli
• Rationality
• Reasonableness
• Muhaqqed Khafri

Main Subjects

• philosophy