Laws of Nature as Strategies for Man’s Happiness
Subject Areas : Studies on Mulla Sadra and the Transcendent Philosophy
1 - Professor of philosophy and President of the Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Divine Law, being, law of nature, good, prime system, divine names and attributes, happiness, beautiful and glorious attributes, divine pre-ordination,
Abstract :
The world and nature have been created relying on certain divine rules and principles. Based on the Divine Will and pre-ordination, there is a mutual relationship and interaction not only between all the components of the world of being but also between them and the whole world of creation. As a member of this world, Man can both affect it and be affected by it. This process has been predestined based on the main law and principle of this world, that is, the commensurability of “being” and “good”. Where there is good, there is being (and vice versa), and where there is no good, there is evil or non-being (and vice versa). The only way of attaining true happiness for Man is living in harmony with the system of nature and its governing rules. The divine tradition or the laws of nature are such that any deviation from them will lead to evil, misery, loss, calamity, disease, etc. The world (macro-anthropo) reacts to the good and bad deeds of human beings (micro-anthropo). Sin, which means any disobedience to the Divine orders or transgression from the laws of creation and nature, results in human misery and cruelty and will be followed by Divine punishment and torture. This is the point at which God’s glorious names and attributes are manifested.
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