Hosseini, Davood (2021). Mīr Dāmād on Essence, Existence and Priority. , 28(1), 1-11.
Davood Hosseini. "Mīr Dāmād on Essence, Existence and Priority". , 28, 1, 2021, 1-11.
Hosseini, Davood (2021). 'Mīr Dāmād on Essence, Existence and Priority', , 28(1), pp. 1-11.
Hosseini, Davood Mīr Dāmād on Essence, Existence and Priority. , 2021; 28(1): 1-11.

Mīr Dāmād on Essence, Existence and Priority

The International Journal of Humanities
Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 1-11    PDF (412.7 K)
Document Type: Original Research
Author
Davood Hosseini*
Associate professor Philosophy department Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Mīr Dāmād, as a philosopher in Islamic and Peripatetic tradition, scrutinizes the issue of essence and existence. His main ideas are as follows: first, existence is not a real attribute; second, existence is nothing but to be existent; and third, essence is prior to existence. In this paper, I explain how these ideas can be interpreted within the context of the history of Islamic philosophy. I shall interpret Mīr Dāmād's views on essence, existence and priority against most eminent figures in the tradition such as Suhrawardī and Avicenna among others. As I will argue, Mīr Dāmād proposes an innovative view within the Peripatetic tradition, though he is following (his own interpretation of) Avicenna's philosophy of existence.
Keywords
Mīr Dāmād; Avicenna; Essence; Existence; Priority
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