The Passions of the Soul in the Metamorphosis of Becoming

Over the millennia, philosophy has sought the ultimate understanding of the full human horizon of existence as well as of human destiny and the ultimate sense of it All. The innumerable attempts to grasp the answers to these questions, each taking its own

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Islamic Philosophy and Occidental Phenomenology in Dialogue VOLUME 1 Founder and Editor: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Co-Editor: Gholam Reza A' awani, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Editorial Board: Mehdi Aminrazavi, Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion, Mary Washington College Angela Ales Bello, Rome Patrick Burke, Department of Philosophy, Seattle University William Chittick, Comparative Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook Nader El-Bizri, Dept. of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge Lenn E. Goodman, Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University Idris Samawi Hamid, Department of Philosophy/Religion, Colorado State University Hassan Hanafi, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts, Cairo University James G . Hart, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University Walter Lammi, Department of English, The American University in Cairo Robert D. Sweeny, Department of Philosophy, John Carroll University Seyyed Mostafa Mohnqoq Damad Ahmad Abadi, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Reza Davari Ardakani, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Ibrahim Dinani, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute

The Passions of the Soul in the Metamorphosis of Becoming Edited by

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION INAUGURAL STUDY ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA I The Human Soul in the Metamorphosis of life

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SECTION ONE THE SOUL IN ITS PASSIONS SAYYID MUHAMMAD KHAMENEI I Phenomenology of Soul in Mulla Sadra's School WILLIAM C. CHITTICK I The In-Between Reflections on the Soul in the Teachings of Ibn 'Arabi KATHLEEN HANEY I The Three Movements of the Soul According to AnnaTeresa Tymieniecka ANGELA ALES BELLO I The Human Being and its Soul in Edith Stein NADER EL-BIZRI I Avicenna's De Anima, Between Aristotle and Husser! MEHDI AMINRAZA VI I Avicenna's (Ibn Sina) Phenomenological Analysis of How the Soul (Nafs) Knows Itself ('ilm al-hiidiiri)

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SECfiON1WO THE SPHERES OF THE MIND GHOLAM REZA A'AW ANI I