Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
In this paper, I attempt to reread and interpret some aspects of the ontological doctrine of Iranian philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā according to the radical critique of the whole history of metaphysics and ontology, which the German philosopher Martin Heidegger declares emphatically in his destruction of the history of metaphysics. Heidegger concentrates his criticism under the title Ontotheology and thereby indicates the lack of an explicit understanding of the problem of ontological difference, which shows itself in the reduction of the Being of beings to an absolute and first being as an absolute intellect. I try to explain how the ontological doctrine of Mullā Ṣadrā, i.e. the “Priority of the Being” could be confronted with this criticism, and which potential answers could his philosophy have according to the basic ontological challenge that the concept of the Being – and consequently the ontological concepts in general – cannot be reduced ontotheologically to a causal relation to the first and highest being or to a reflection and an abstraction of the human subject. To disclose these potential answers, I discuss two specific aspects of Mullā Ṣadrā’s ontology. First his attempt to overcome the scholastic distinction between essence and existence and secondly his different ontological understanding of the specific and unique universality of the Being.
Rajabi,A. (2022). Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics. Spektrum Iran, 35(1), 103-125.
MLA
Rajabi,A. . "Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics", Spektrum Iran, 35, 1, 2022, 103-125.
HARVARD
Rajabi A. (2022). 'Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics', Spektrum Iran, 35(1), pp. 103-125.
CHICAGO
A. Rajabi, "Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics," Spektrum Iran, 35 1 (2022): 103-125,
VANCOUVER
Rajabi A. Mullā Ṣadrā’s Ontology and the Accusation of Ontotheology An Attempt at an Interpretation of Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy in the light of Heidegger’s Critique of Metaphysics. SPIR, 2022; 35(1): 103-125.
