چکیده:
Comparative philosophy has recently become one interesting field in the study of philosophy. However، one is not to overlook the misinterpretation or misunderstanding in the course of comparative studies. The author is of the view that despite their similarities and shared terms، Western Existentialism and Mulla Sadra’s theory of Asalat-u al-Wujud (priority of existence) suffers from many misunderstandings in what is going on in the field of comparative studies، so that the researchers have failed in fulfilling their aims. Since there is no common criterion to bring the two theories into mutual transaction، there is no room for comparison between them. In what follows، the joint elements brought about the above comparison are examined.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Recently, researchers have undertaken comparative discussions between European existentialism and the primacy of existence in Islamic philosophy, attempting in a way to highlight the commonalities and similarities between these two schools in the Western and Eastern traditions.
If it were so—that is, if the foundation of comparison was the counting and enumeration of differences—why do they compare existentialism and Heidegger with Mulla Sadra's primacy of existence and speak of the difference between them, when it could be compared with any other foreign philosophical issue, and specifically choosing issues and topics that have no connection or relation to each other and where no hint of similarity can be found at all, and which in no way sit at the same table or tolerate one another.
Definition of Existence in Heidegger and Mulla Sadra One of the similarities that exists in these two thoughts is the emphasis of both on the issue of existence and making it central to their philosophical thoughts, and this very matter can be considered the factor and motive that has driven researchers in the field of comparison to perform a comparison and correlation between these two currents and intellectual and philosophical thoughts, and to cause the illusion of the possibility of empathy and conversation between them.
All those who have conducted some form of comparison between them and organized research have made this point the refrain of their work and comparative activity, presenting it in their writings with great specificity, and have emphasized that existence precedes essence for both existential philosophers and Mulla Sadra (Ayatollahi, ibid, 221).
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