Ibn ‘Arebi: Kapija intelektualne tradicije
Ibn Arabi: The Gate of the intellectual tradition

Summary/Abstract: Members of the intellectual tradition believed that the final aim of the whole Islamic teaching was to awake within people their own intellectual and spiritual nature, which is the divine image located in the heart. When the author says that Ibn Arabi is the gate of the intellectual tradition, he uses the word intellectual as opposed to transmitted, i.e. what he has in mind is a recognized and perceived truth, and not mere information. In order to understand the significance of Ibn Arabi’s living heritage, it is important to clearly distinguish between these two kinds of knowing (comprehending). The Islamic worldview was most comprehensively and most elaborately examined by Ibn Arabi himself. According to him, a sharp distinction between ethics and ontology, i.e. between subjectivity and objectivity, could not be justified in any way. In fact, his intention was to show that the true recognition of self and God, the real life, the complete realization of human’s position would be discovered only by following the steps of the leaders sent by the Real one.

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