A Comparative Study of the Philosophical Method of Mulla Sadra and Allameh Tabatabai (RA)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Level 4 scholar of Transcendental Wisdom, Al-Zahra Society

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Malayer University

10.22061/orj.2025.2276

Abstract

Today, methodology has been given attention in various sciences in such a way that it has become a serious and separate research field. What method each thinker adopts to express his desired science, helps man in obtaining the system that governs his achievements. One of the great thinkers and philosophers and the founder of the transcendental school of wisdom is Mulla Sadra, whose method governing his philosophy has become a battle of opinions. On the other hand, Allameh Tabataba'i, who is famous as a neo-Sadra philosopher, and paying attention to his methodology is also important; Therefore, the present article examines the methodology of the philosophy of Mulla Sadra and Allameh Tabataba'i with a descriptive-analytical method and it is clear that the philosophy of Mulla Sadra is an independent school and the method that governs his philosophy is the rational and evidential method, and he uses the evidential method or traditions as a judge. is a search; Also, Allameh Tabatabai (RA) used a purely rational method to express philosophy and used narration, revelation and intuition in philosophy as a compilation.

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