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meaning. Or the perception truth, without considering
of rational meaning but not in anything else. (Sadr ul-Din Shirazi,
a general way, but in a partial 1989, Vol. 3: 362)
and tangible way. Hence, At this level of perception,
fantastic Perception is specific the mind abstracts the perceptual
to the personal and partial form from all its features and
meaning to which imagination even its partiality. The perceptual
belong. (Sadr ul-Din Shirazi, form here is coincident not
1989, Vol. 3: 361) only to the perceptible, but
In illusory perception, the also to other objects which
human mind cuts off the have in common with the
tangible form from its properties, perceptible in this general
without, of course, cutting off form. In fact, this level is the
the relation of the tangible level of complete abstraction
instance to the abstract form. of the perceptual form. (Ibid)
Like the vague image that Sadr ul-Din Shirazi stated
is reflected in our mind of that the difference between
something we see from afar. the intelectual and illusory
Illusory perception, although perceptions is not innate and
abstracted from the characteristics did not view the difference
of tangible, does not go between the two types in
beyond detail and can only be terms of a difference in actual
applied to the same object levels. Thus, he considered
(Araki, 2004: 76). three main levels of perception
The fourth level of perception, including sense, illusion, and
called intellect, is the perception reason. Then he coincident
of an object in terms of its the three level of perception