تاملي در عالم خيال از ديدگاه برخي از فلاسفه و عرفا

A Deliberation upon the Realm of Imagination According to Certain Philosophers and Mystics

قوه خيال و عالم صور خيالي، حلقه واسط ميان عالم عقلي و عالم جسماني است. در تاريخ فلسفه اسلامي، از زمان فارابي تا عصر حاضر، بحث از خيال از مباحث بسيار مهم بوده و در حل بسياري از مسايل، مانند مسيله شناخت، ربط حادث به قديم و حيات اخروي مدد برساند. بعضي از صاحب‌نظران، اين توجه را از مميزات فلسفه اسلامي دانسته‌اند. در اين تحقيق ما به طور اجمالي در صدد بيان آراي فارابي، ابن‏سينا، سهروردي، ملاصدرا و ابن‏عربي درباره عالم خيال هستيم؛ تا ضمن بررسي ديدگاه‏ها، به بيان نكات اختلافي و اشتراكي آنها در اين مسيله بپردازيم.

The faculty of representation and the realm of imaginative forms, act as an intermediary between the intellectual and physical world. In the history of the Islamic philosophy, from F?r?b?’s time to the present, the question of imagination has been a very important topic and has contributed to solving a great deal of problems, such as the problem of cognition, connection of contingent to the Eternal, and the Hereafter. Some experts have considered this as a distinguishing characteristic of Islamic philosophy. In this study, we are seeking to present briefly opinions of al-F?r?b?, Ibn S?n?, Suhraward?, Mull? ?adr? and Ibn al-?Arab? on the realm of imagination so that we could deal with their points of agreement and disagreement in this issue.