Abstract:
The relationship between light and philosophy is one of the oldest issues in
the scope of epistemology. In philosophy, the presence of light has been
manifested as the mystic- philosopher intuition and specific ontological
model. The Islamic philosophers have emphasized the divine nature of light.
The western philosophers have stressed on the centrality of rationalism
besides metaphysical source of knowledge of the universe concurrent with
the divine reason that manifested in the presence of light. The research
method applied in the current study is based on the analysis of philosophical
texts of western and eastern philosophers. The research statistical sample is
chosen after analyzing the contents of the opinions of thirty five western and
thirty two Islamic philosophers. The most common components with
philosophical nature are three divine nature, active intellect and beauty. It
was found that two components i.e. divine light manifestation and truth had
the most philosophical nature in the western philosophers’ opinions while
three components of cognition, necessary being and revealed intellect were
the most prevalent philosophical nature on the light by the Islamic
philosophers.
Machine summary:
A Comparative Study of the Western and Islamic Philosophical Vision on Divine Illumination from the Philosophical Perspective Fedra Amini Badr1, Mostafa Mokhtabad Amrei2, Hamid Majedi3, Hassan Sattari Sarbangholi4 Received: 2016/11/26 Accepted: 2017/10/20 Abstract The relationship between light and philosophy is one of the oldest issues in the scope of epistemology.
The western philosophers have stressed on the centrality of rationalism besides metaphysical source of knowledge of the universe concurrent with the divine reason that manifested in the presence of light.
e. divine light manifestation and truth had the most philosophical nature in the western philosophers’ opinions while three components of cognition, necessary being and revealed intellect were the most prevalent philosophical nature on the light by the Islamic philosophers.
Whether in the ancient period or the post- Islamic era, light and illumination were considered holy concepts on which philosophers’ intellectual foundations are based.
In this research, at first, the place of light in the philosophy of art is investigated and then a brief review on the opinions of western and eastern philosophers on the light is offered and the vision on this mysterious concept that has had a close relationship with the divinity is studied comparatively.
In his opinion, God is the light that illuminates the world and converts nonexistence to existence and guides the man to truth (Mohammad Ilkhani, 2003: 63).
According to mystics, particularly Rozbehan, the creation is meant revelation of the beauty and the light of God in the human existence (Vardi&Danaiyan, 2011:184).