The Methodology of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī and ʿAllāma Ḥillī in the Issue of God

Document Type : علمی پژوهشی

Authors

• Hasan Abasi Hossian abadi ¹
• Reza Rasouli Sharabyani ²
• Ahmad Dastouri sedahi ³

¹ Associated Professor Islamic Philosophy and Theology of Payame noor University

² Associated Professor Islamic Philosophy and Theology of Payam-e-noor. Tehran. Iran

³ Phd

10.22067/epk.2024.86162.1298

Abstract

Studying the intellectual foundations and the position of philosophy and theology in the conceptualization of God among philosophers and theologians, can clarify their approach regarding the issue of God. How is the issue of God studied in the view of al-Ṭūsī and ʿAllāma Ḥillī- two "Ḥilla" theologians- according to their intellectual and philosophical-theological foundations and the position of philosophy and theology in their conceptualization of God? To what extent is their approach to the issue of God similar or different? In this article, we will study this problem from two aspects of form and method-content. As for the form, we will deal with the arrangement of the contents in their works according to their philosophical and theological foundations and the perception they have of God accordingly, and as for the method and content, we will discuss the method of knowing and proving God and explaining His attributes (both method and content). Al-Ṭūsī believes in a philosophical God and ʿAllāma Ḥillī, with a more inner-religious perspective, speaks of a religious-philosophical God. Regarding the content, in the method of proving the existence of God in the conceptualization of God, their opinions are similar, while in the formal structure and the issue of knowing God, they are different according to their intellectual foundations.

Keywords

• God
• philosophy
• theology
• Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
• ʿAllāma Ḥillī
• method
• knowledge

Main Subjects

• Islamic Philosophy and Kalam

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