Mīrzā Aḥmad Āshtīyānī’s Life and his Role and Place in Tehran School of Philosophy
Subject Areas : یافتههای نو درباره چهرهها و مدرسههای فلسفی ایران و جهان اسلام
1 - Associate Professor, Theology Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords: Mīrzā Aḥmad Āshtīyānī, Tehran School of Philosophy, contemporary philosophers, philosophy in Iran, Segregation School, Tehran’s Philosophers,
Abstract :
Mīrzā Aḥmad Āshtīyānī was one of the great figures of Tehran School of Philosophy and one of the main pillars of the transfer of philosophy to later generations. His involvement in philosophy and gnosis was to the extent that he can be considered a philosopher. He studied in the school of Mīrzā Abulḥassan Jelwah and benefitted from the classes of Āqā ‘Alī Modarres Zunuzi until he became an authority in rational sciences. This is supported by the fact that some of the high-level scholars of Najaf, many of whom were well-known jurisprudents, participated in his al-Asfār classes. As acknowledged by some prominent figures such as Sayyid Jalāl al-Dīn Āshtīyānī, Mīrzā Aḥmad Āshtīyānī was a master of gnostic debates and manifested great accuracy in discussing various problems in theoretical gnosis. The present paper consists of two parts. The first deals with the biography of Mīrzā Aḥmad, his birth and family, scientific status, masters, students, works, and moral characteristics, and the second part details the similarities and differences between his views and those of most of the philosophers of the Tehran School of Philosophy.