Contemporary Wisdom

An Ontological Rereading of Action in Transcendent Philosophy: A Critical Reconstruction of the Five-Stage Model from Knowledge to External Realization

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Document Type : Biannual Journal

Authors

Marzieh Teimouri 1
mohammadmahdi babapour golafshani 2

1 A brilliantly talented PhD student in Islamic Studies at the University of Tehran, visiting professor, secretary of the Scientific Society of Education at the University of Tehran, member of the Cultural Core Council of the Faculty

2 Faculty and Associate Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Department of History of Islamic Civilization and Political Jurisprudence, Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religions.

10.30465/cw.2026.53914.2159
Abstract
This article asks whether the ontological principles of Transcendent Philosophy can support a coherent account of voluntary action that explains both the transition from cognition to bodily realization and the action’s feedback upon the agent. The study combines conceptual analysis, argumentative reconstruction, and critical comparison with contemporary scholarship, especially studies published in Contemporary Wisdom. Existing research has separately addressed the inward form of action, the motivational function of constructed perceptions, soul–body unity, and the relation between action and agent. These contributions, however, have rarely been integrated into a single model with clearly stated limits. The article reconstructs a two-arc, five-stage model: perception of an end, practical evaluation and will, resolution and intention, bodily-external realization, and the return of effects to the agent. The first arc explains the issuance of action; the second explains feedback and self-formation. Effects are graded, ranging from immediate states to habits, stable traits, and identity-oriented changes. The contribution lies in integrating contemporary scholarship, distinguishing textual claims from interpretive reconstruction, and limiting the thesis of self-formation so that isolated actions are not treated as equally profound existential transformations.

Keywords

Keywords: Philosophy of Action
Transcendent Philosophy
Voluntary Action
Constructed Perceptions
Soul–Body Unity
Action–Agent Unity
Subjects
Contemporary Wisdom

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 10 October 2026

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