ملاصدرا و همزباني با فلسفه جديد

Mulla Sadraʹs Relevence to Modern philosophy

The present article briefly refers to two points, one positive and one negative, shared by both Mulla Sadra and Kant concerning the issue of knowledge. It also draws on a big difference between their ideas in this regard. The great difference between them is that, according to Mulla Sadra, knowledge is firstly acquired by means of the active intellect. Secondly, the knowledge of objects conforms to the very objects themselves. However, Kant not only believed that knowledge is the product of manʹs intellect and limited to everything whose matter is perceived through the senses and experience, but also conceived of the conformity between knowledge and external objects as a dogmatic proposition. Therefore, in Kantʹs view, one can never obtain the knowledge of world and is only able to confirm its existence.