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Mir Damad Quotes on Truth

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. This page collects quotes attributed to Mir Damad on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Mir Damad:

    “Time is the moving image of eternity.”

  • Attributed to Mir Damad:

    “Existence flows continuously from the Necessary Being.”

  • Attributed to Mir Damad:

    “True knowledge is the soul's union with the intelligibles.”

  • Attributed to Mir Damad:

    “Reason and revelation are two faces of one truth.”