Tag: Philosophy of Religion
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The Lost Art of Scripture: Karen Armstrong and the Recovery of Sacred Reading
A critical and comparative review of Karen Armstrong’s The Lost Art of Scripture, examining her claim that sacred texts were originally performed, interpreted, embodied, and continually renewed rather than reduced to literal propositions.
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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 “Tuhan itu satu.” 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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From Clearing to Imaginal Depth: Rethinking Ontology After the End of Metaphysics
This article explores the philosophical encounter between Martin Heidegger and Henry Corbin, focusing on ontology after the end of metaphysics. While Heidegger grounded Being in finitude and ecstatic temporality, Corbin articulated the imaginal world and angelic mediation as differentiated modes of manifestation. The central question remains: can vertical articulation preserve the ontological difference without regressing…
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Mundus Imaginalis and Henry Corbin: Imaginal Reality Beyond Modern Ontology
Henry Corbin’s 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.