Metaphysical Penetrations: A Parallel English-Arabic Text

240 Pages·2014·10.09 MB·English

by  Mulla Sadra

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Foreword to the XI
Notes on Conventions Xll
Translator's Preface Xl:U
Editor's Introduction XVll
Preface
The 6
Concerning research into the concept qf wujiid) its conditions) the proqf
qf its reality) and its states
The First Penetration 6
Concerning the explanation that it is free qf the need to be difined
The Second Penetration 9
Concerning the manner in which comprises things
The Third Penetration 11
Concerning the verification qf wujiid objectively
The first witness 11
The second witness 13
The third witness 14
The fourth witness 15
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vnz Contents
The fifth witness 16
The sixth witness 17
The seventh witness 18
The eighth witness 19.
The Fourth Penetration 20
In responding to doubts that have been brought against the
objectivity ifw ujud
The Fifth Penetration 28
Concerning the manner in which quiddity is qualified by
The Sixth Penetration 35
Concerning the particularization ifi ndividual existences
and their ipseity-in a summary fashion
The Seventh Penetration 40
Concerning the subject that what is by essence the object ifi nstauration
and what emanates from the cause is without quiddity
The first witness 40
The second witness 42
The third witness 42
The fourth witness 43
The fifth witness 44
The sixth witness 45
The seventh witness 46
The eighth witness 4 7
The Eighth Penetration 48
Concerning the modality ifi nstauration and dfusion) and the proif if the
First Creato~ and the reality that the Effusing Instaurer is one) there
being no multiplicity in it and no partner unto it
Contents zx
The first 48
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Concerning the relationship if the instaured and the originated to
the Instaurer
The second "'"'..,"'11-r..,,j-,r,.., 49
Concerning the Source if all existence) His qualities) and His iffects
The first 49
Concerning His wujud-transcendent is He-and His unity
The first .-.a.-.a..-,r., 49
Concerning the demonstration if the Necessary-sublime is
His invocation-and that the chain if beings that are
instaured if necessity ends in the Necessary Being
The second 51
r>PnP11-re>il-1r.n
Concerning that the Necessary Being is unlimited in intensity
and power and that what is other than It is finite and limited
The third 51
-n.<>n<>11-rr:>il-1r.n
Concerning His oneness
The fourth. penetration 53
That it is the origin and the end if all things
The fifth"'"'"''"'.,_..,...,.,_", 54
That the Necessary Being is the plenary peifixtion ife verything
The sixth penetration 54
That the Necessary Being is the point to which all ciffltirs return
The seventh penetration 55
That the Necessary Being intellects its own essence and) by
its essence) intellects all things
The eighth 57
Concerning that wujud in reality is the One Reality
transcendent is He-and all that is other than it) if it be
considered in itse?£ is perishing except His august foce
The second path 59
Fragments concerning the states ifH is attributes-transcendent is He
X Contents
The first 59
Concerning that His attributes-transcendent is He-are the
same as His essence
The second .,...."'...,"'t-1""' 60
Concerning the modality qfH is knowledge-transcendent is
He-qf all things) according to an illuminative principle
The third ..-.."''""',_.,.,..,,_,"-n 61
Concerning the allusion to His other attributes qfp eifection
The fourth nPnP1<r-:~nn.n 61
Concerning the allusion to His word-transcendent is He
and His book
The third 63
Concerning the allusion to formative creation and
creation without intermediary (ibdac)
The first penetration 63
Concerning the activity qf the agent
The second ..-..ono.-...-..,,nn 63
Concerning His activity-transcendent is He
The third 68
-n<>;no.-r<e>.-,n
Concerning the temporal origination qf the world
The Seal of the Treatise 72
Notes 77
103
Index 109
Index of Citations 121
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