Seyedeh Razieh Yousefzadeh; Abdollah Nasri
Volume 9, Issue 1 , August 2020, , Pages 139-176
Abstract
In the present article, we examine the views of Motahhari, an Iranian Muslim philosopher and theologian, and Karl Jaspers, a German existentialist philosopher on "faith," and try to address the most important points that can be comparatively studied in these two perspectives. For this purpose, ...
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In the present article, we examine the views of Motahhari, an Iranian Muslim philosopher and theologian, and Karl Jaspers, a German existentialist philosopher on "faith," and try to address the most important points that can be comparatively studied in these two perspectives. For this purpose, we first collected and analyzed the views of each of the two thinkers on the subject of faith through a descriptive documentary method, and in this regard, we tried to collect their opinions in the comparative axes in comparative studies. Finally, we listed the commonalities and differences. Both thinkers emphasize the need for faith. Motahhari's faith is a revelatory faith consisting of two pillars: "cognition" and "submission". Reason has a special place in acquiring this faith. Motahhari does not consider action as within the concept of faith, but existentially believes in a close relationship between the two. Faith has levels and its highest limit is certainty. Jaspers's faith is a philosophical faith because he denies the accepted revelation of religions. According to Jaspers, faith is partial and historical and of the type of existential experience. Philosophical faith, though not irrational, lacks certainty. Worship and rituals and linguistic prayers have no place in philosophical faith.
