Tag: Islamic Metaphysics
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Tahafut al-Tahafut dan Problem Wajib al-Wujud dalam Filsafat Islam
Perdebatan tentang Wajib al-Wujud dalam Tahafut al-Tahafut bukan sekadar pembahasan tentang โTuhan itu satu.โ Ibn Sina membangun argumen metafisik bahwa pluralitas dalam wajib al-wujud mustahil karena setiap pluralitas menuntut komposisi dan ketergantungan. Al-Ghazali kemudian menggugat struktur demonstrasi tersebut dengan mempertanyakan validitas pembagian logis para filsuf. Ibn Rushd hadir untuk mempertahankan legitimasi demonstrasi filsafat. Esai ini…
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Henry Corbin and Suhrawardi: Reclaiming Light, Vision, and the Reality of Being
This article explores a radical rethinking of reality through the philosophies of Henry Corbin and Suhrawardi. Moving beyond modern representation, it presents being as lightโdynamic, graded, and self-disclosing. The world is no longer a collection of objects, but a field of presence that must be seen rather than analyzed. By recovering imagination as an organ…
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The Imaginal World of Iran: Henry Corbin and the Esoteric Heart of Shiโism
This article explores the forgotten metaphysical dimension of Islam through the philosophy of Henry Corbin and the spiritual tradition of Shiโite Iran. Moving beyond political and legal interpretations, it uncovers a world structured by light, sacred time, and the hidden presence of the Imam. Central to this vision is the imaginal worldโan ontological realm where…
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Fricative Knowledge Paradigm: Beyond Interdisciplinarity Toward Spiritual Epistemology
Modern interdisciplinarity promises integration, yet silently reproduces fragmentation by remaining trapped within an immanent epistemic frame. This essay proposes the Paradigm of the Fricativization of Knowledge as a radical alternativeโan epistemological process in which knowledge is deliberately narrowed, strained, and spiritually conditioned to regain density, meaning, and orientation toward al-แธคaqq. Fricativization rejects smooth synthesis and…
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Metaphysics and the Making of Islam Nusantara | Corbin, Taylor, al-Attas
Islam Nusantara is often discussed as a cultural or sociological phenomenon. This essay approaches it differentlyโ as a metaphysical and intellectual formation shaped by imagination, meaning, and moral order. Through a critical engagement with Henry Corbin, Charles Taylor, and Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, the essay explores how Islam Nusantara negotiates modernity without losing metaphysical depth.…
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Mundus Imaginalis and Henry Corbin: Imaginal Reality Beyond Modern Ontology
Henry Corbinโs concept of mundus imaginalis challenges modern assumptions about reality, imagination, and knowledge. This essay explores imaginal ontology as a real mode of being beyond representation, psychology, and symbolic reduction.