Mir Damad Quotes
Mir Damad, the Master of the Damad, was an Iranian Twelver Shia philosopher and the founder of the School of Isfahan that would culminate in his pupil Mulla Sadra. Working in dialogue with Avicenna and Suhrawardi, he developed an original metaphysics of perpetual creation, in which existence emanates from God in a stretch of metaphysical time distinct from both eternity and ordinary measured time. The quotes below are attributed to Mir Damad, organized by topic.
Mir Damad on God
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Attributed to Mir Damad:
“Existence flows continuously from the Necessary Being.”
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Attributed to Mir Damad:
“Perpetual creation is the proper meaning of God's relation to the world.”
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Attributed to Mir Damad:
“Reason and revelation are two faces of one truth.”
Mir Damad on Knowledge
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Attributed to Mir Damad:
“True knowledge is the soul's union with the intelligibles.”
Mir Damad on Time
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Attributed to Mir Damad:
“Time is the moving image of eternity.”