Egzistencijalni i epistemološki položaj čovjekovog razuma s gledišta Ibn Arebija
Existential and Epistemological Position Of Human’s Intellect From the Persepective of Ibn ‘Arabī

Summary/Abstract: As far as the lexical meaning of the word عقل (intellect) is concerned, its characteristics and essential necessities are common to all rational beings, from the First Intellect to the human faculty of intellect. It is for this very reason that Ibn ‘Arabī has the lexical meaning in mind when he talks about intellect. The human intellect came into existence as an emanation of the First Intellect. Accordingly, the realities of human intellects are, just like the First Intellect, of the type of light and beyond matter. The multiplicity and differences of human intellects are based on the matter which is receiver ( قابل ), and not on the agent ( فاعل ) that emanates them. Human intellect has- two dimensions. The practical dimension is related to controlling animal instincts and directing them to the places allowed by the Divine Law شریعت) ) and also promoting of good and preventing of evil. The speculative dimension is the one thanks to which intellect is one of the human perceptive faculties, a means, a way, or the source of knowing the reality. The essence of intellect is light and perception, and, like light, it reveals and illuminates others and because of that it can reach the reality within the limits of its capabilities. Intellect acquires new knowledge either through the faculty of thinking (the watching intellect) or through bestowing of the reality and knowledge by God (the receiving intellect).

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