History of Islamic Philosophy

History of Islamic Philosophy

Study and analysis of the religious identity of Hekmat Yamani Mir Damad

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Hesamaldin Momeni
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Culture and Education
10.22034/hpi.2025.551163.1177
Abstract
Some opponents of Islamic philosophy consider Islamic philosophers to be merely imitators, commentators, and annotators of Greek philosophies. This study seeks to examine this claim and, focusing on the opinions of Mir Damad, as one of the most prominent figures of Islamic wisdom, assesses the relationship between his philosophical views and the religion of Islam. Using documentary methods, logical analysis, and deductive analysis, the present study seeks to answer the question of whether Mir Damad's philosophical intellect also used the religion of Islam in addition to Greek philosophies, and whether his Yamani wisdom is distinct from Greek philosophies and has a religious identity or not? The result of the study is that Yamani wisdom has a religious identity and has transcended Greek philosophies. The role of Islam in philosophical developments from Mir Damad's perspective includes: introducing religious terms into Yamani philosophy; providing religious evidence and confirmation of the Argumentative method; problematizing the religion of Islam for Mir Damad's philosophical intellect; and and theorizing Yamani wisdom influenced by religious knowledge. The rational-religious model of Yamani wisdom is also explained, the focus of which is “systematizing a rational-Shiite philosophy.” This model has five components: using the epistemic source of religion (the contextual component); the fertility of the language of Islamic philosophy; using a religious approach in the form of a rational method; problematizing religion; and philosophical-religious theorizing.
Keywords
Religious Identity
Philosophical Innovations
Yamani Wisdom
Islamic Philosophy
Mir Damad

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 04 October 2025
  • Revise Date 07 December 2025
  • Accept Date 08 December 2025