Metempsychosis and Metamorphosis in Transcendent Theosophy
Subject Areas : Epistemological researches
علی ارشد ریاحی
1
(دانشیار گروه الهیات دانشگاه اصفهان)
افسانه صباغان
2
(دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد فلسفه و کلام اسلامی گروه الهیات دانشگاه تهران)
Keywords: Metamorphosis, metempsychosis, otherworldly forms, embodiment of deeds,
Abstract :
In this article the consistency of proving the absurdity of metempsychosis (tanāsukh) and believing in metamorphosis (maskh) will be surveyed. So, after defining the metempsychosis and mentioning its divisions, we collect all reasons why the transcendenttheosophists reject the idea of metempsychosis as absurd. Then, regarding the opinions of these philosophers about the nature and reality of the metamorphosis, we show that those reasons are not fit for rejecting the metamorphosis. Finally we come to this result that proving the absurdity of metempsychosis and believing in metamorphosis are completely consistent.