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A Critical Approach to Human … H.A. Islaminasab et al / (41

                  No independent book, dissertation,   devoted  at  least  two  of  nine
               or  article  has  been  written  in   volumes  of  Asfar  to  human
               response  to  this  question;         perfection and has very strong
               however, Hassanzadeh (2016),          foundations in anthropological

               in  his  dissertation  entitled       topics. (Ref: Ibid, Vol. 9: 185-197
               “Ontology  and  Semantics  of         &229;  Ibid,  Vol.  1:  38;
               Moral  Concepts  in  New  Age         Ibid, 1996, First Evidence: 6)

               Movements” and also (Ibid, 2016),        As  a  result,  transcendent
               in  the  article  on  “Humanistic     theosophy, as a complete school
               Spirituality in Chopra’s thoughts,”   based  on  theoretical  reason,
               has     referred    to    human       practical reason, intuition, etc,
               perfectionism  and  he  has           has  the  essential  capacity  to

               briefly criticized Chopra’s view.     analyze  and  critique  Chopra’s
                  Criticism of Chopra’s views        spiritual perfectionism.
               requires a particular system of
               thought and concept as a basis        Background and Analytical

               of  criticism.  In  this  regard,     Foundations
               Mulla  Sadra  has  a  special         Spiritual perfection is a kind of
               position because, among Islamic       perfection  that  is  considered
               philosophers,  he  has  paid  lots    because  of  the  attainment  of

               of  attention  to  the  human  and    God or a superior and spiritual
               his perfection, so he has based       being.
               his  philosophical  system,  i.e.,       Deepak  Chopra,  born  in
               transcendent theosophy, on the        1946  in  New  Delhi,  is  one  of

               four  spiritual  journeys  of  the    the  distinguished  contemporary
               human; (Ref: Sadr ul-Din Shirazi,     promoters of secular spirituality
               1981,  Vol.  1:  13)  and  he  has    and  one  of  the  most  famous
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