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The Position of Intellect in the… S.J. Ebrahimi & H. Sadeqi (137
The correct word in this revelation. (Ibid, 2011 :
chapter is to say we 54,94&164)
recognized God with However, it is
God; because if we knew compendiously able to
Him through our own know Almighty God. As
intellects, He Himself regards, since God is
would bestow them upon unlimited, it is impossible
us. (Saduq, 2000: 391) to know Him in detail.
Therefore, intellect consists
Stating the above- of cognitive ability in
mentioned point, Sheikh limited cases; but not an
Saduq confessed intellect as independent element to
one of the ways to know know the entire truths.
God. Although he, as like
as many other scholars, 1. The Position of the
assessed intellect as an Theoretical and Prctical
independent Intellect in Ethics
epistemological cause. But We comprehend, according
he trusted on the scope of to Sheikh Saduq’s total
intellect's impact and stated works and thoughts, paying
that everything within its of his special attention to
domain can be comprehended intellect, its function and
by which. (Ibid: 79) plenty of applied rational
In his viewpoint, the arguments in theoretical
human intellect is not able intellect, e.g.
to perceive all truths with In the book “Ma’ani al-
no association with divine Akhbar”, the relevant chapter
