Document Type : Biannual Journal

Author

• Mohammad Hadi Tavakoli

Abstract

The problem of the unification of the intellect and intelligible can be found in the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. Indeed, it has been explained more clearly in Plotinus’ philosophy and the Neo-Platonic School and its followers. This problem has also been tackled by the thinkers of the Islamic world however it reached its culmination in the Transcendent Philosophy.
To prove the unification of the intellect and the intelligible, Mulla Sadra adduced two proofs, the ‘Argument of correlation’ and the ‘argument of light and obscurity’, which in the first one, he analyzes intellect existence and in the second analyzes intelligible existence. 
Misbah Yazdi in some of his philosophical books criticizes the mentioned proofs. In this article, after stating each of his refutals, I will evalute and cosequentley reject them.

Keywords

• unification of the intellect and intelligible
• Non-material substance
• conceptual knowledge
• immediate knowledge
• argument of Correlation
• argument of light and obscurity