The Role of the “Simple Reality” Principle in Proving the Attributive Monotheism

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

Authors

1 PhD student, Islamic theology, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant professor, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

3 Professor of Philosophy and Kalam, University of Qom, Iran

Abstract

The divine essence has all perfective attributes because of the necessity of His existence—that is, every attribute that counts as an existential perfection is absolutely true of God. Now the question arises: What is the relation between these perfective attributes and the divine essence? This paper seeks to provide an account of attributive monotheism based on the “simple reality” (basīṭ al-ḥaqīqa) principle. Here we adopt a descriptive-analytic approach to consider the role of the “simple reality” principle in proving the attributive monotheism. Mullā Ṣadrā makes an appeal to the “simple reality” principle to prove all perfective attributes for God as identical to His essence. His argument for the identification of divine attributes and the divine existence is grounded in the simplicity of the necessary existence and His exaltation from all kinds of quiddity-based compositions. Moreover, this principle implies that the necessary being has all perfective attributes 

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Naqd Va Nazar
Volume 25, Issue 99 - Serial Number 99
September 2020
Pages 149-173

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