İbrahim Kalın > Quotes

“All existence from its highest to the lowest and from its lowest to the highest is [united] in a single relationship by which some parts of it are related to some others. Everything is united in spite of their external diversity.”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“When we complete the state of animal [soul] in a gradual manner, we receive the lights of the intellect and the powers of the rational soul capable of perceiving universals and disembodied intellective [forms].”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“Farabi'nin ifadesiyle oluş ve bozuluş aleminde "düşünen canlıdan daha yüksek ve faziletli bir varlık yoktur." İnsan, düşünebildiği ve düşüncesini ifade edebildiği oranda beşeriyet makamından insaniyet makamına doğru yol alır.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Açık Ufuk

“هل ما زال مفهوم الحضارة يحافظ على معناه في القرن الواحد والعشرين؟

من أجل الإجابة عن هذا السؤال يتوجب علينا إجراء تقييم للوضع مع الأخذ بعين الاعتبار مستويين للتحليل فكري ثقافي وسياسي - اجتماعي. اكتسب مفهوم الحضارة بعداً جدلياً على الصعيد السياسي - الاجتماعي، في عصر نظام الدولة القومية الوستفالية والليبرالية والجهات الفاعلة غير الحكومية والتواصل اللحظي. يمكننا الحديث عن توافق عام حول امتلاك الحداثة والعولمة ووسائل التواصل الحديثة

تأثيراً أضعف مفاهيم من قبيل الدين والثقافة والتقاليد والحضارة. فالأوضاع العصرية والعالمية تضعف البنى السلطوية التقليدية، علاوة على أنها تبلي الحدود الصارمة والقاطعة لما هو قديم تتحدى ادعاءات النسبية والحقيقة الجمعية الإيمان بوحدانية الإله في الأديان والحضارات التقليدية ومركزية الحقيقة والأخلاق وأنظمة الإيمان المبنية على تراتبية الوجود. ترفض تيارات من قبيل الفردية والمتعية والعلمانية واللا أدرية والمادية والروحية والقومية والليبرالية والاشتراكية تصور الوجود والفلسفة الحياتية اللذين أسستهما مجتمعات ما قبل الحداثة في إطار ربط ميتافيزيقي. تجعل الديناميكيات الاجتماعية الثقافية والسياسية الناجمة عن الحداثة والعولمة من المفاهيم الكبرى كالحضارة عديمة الكفاية أو غير مناسبة أو فاقدة الوظيفة”
― İbrahim Kalın, ‫بربري .. عصري .. متحضر..‬

“İyi, doğru ve güzelin bilgisi, bizi erdemli bir hayata sevk eder. Öğrenmenin ve düşünmenin nihai amacı "kitap yüklü eşek" (Cuma,62/5) olmak değil, sahih ve erdemli eylemde bulunmaktır.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Açık Ufuk

“It is therefore clear that the five perceptions (i.e., the five senses) just like the other kinds of perceptual powers manifest the Divine Identity, which is the First Beloved and the Perfect Goal of man. Asf r, I, 1, p. 118”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“Bir toplumun hem sağlam köklerinin, hem de açık bir ufkunun olması lazım. Köklerinizi korumak adına göğe bakmayı ihmal edemezsiniz. Yeni ufuklara açılmak adına köklerinizden vazgeçemezsiniz.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Gök Kubbenin Altında

“Zihinlerimizde akıl, mantık doğrularını ortaya koyan soğuk, asık suratlı, köşeli; kalp ise akıldan idrakten uzak, duygusal ve yumuşak bir şey haline geldi. Halbuki akıl ne kadar hissedebiliyorsa, kalp de o kadar düşünür.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Gök Kubbenin Altında

“İşin sonu hayret imiş. Hayret, hareket ve tedirginlik demektir. Hareket, hayattır. O halde ne sakinlik, ne ölüm, ne varlık ne de yokluk söz konusudur. Düşünmek zihnin hayatı ise, o zaman hayret etmek de düşünmenin meyvesidir. Ancak düşünen ve hayret eden vuslata erer ve hayat bulur,”
― İbrahim Kalın

“Başımızın üstünde bizden daha büyük bir gerçekliğin olduğu şuuru, bizim yeryüzünde nereye nasıl yürüdüğümüzü de belirleyen bir bilinç halidir.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Gök Kubbenin Altında

“Size ait bir dil ufkunuz yoksa, kendinizi
başkalarının kelime ve kavramlarıyla düşünmeye, o dil evreni içinde tanımlamaya mahkum edersiniz.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Gök Kubbenin Altında

“Furthermore, Sadra considers knowledge essential for performing religious duties as well as for attaining virtues. This is an important step toward assigning an ethico-spiritual function to knowledge whereby intellective knowledge becomes a further step toward spiritual realization. For instance, Sadra says that `obedience to God is not complete without knowledge and knowledge is not attained except through the intellect.'S' Obviously, this is a familiar theme in Islamic history, and one can cite numerous examples of it. Socrates, for instance, is reported to have said that `all virtues come into being only through knowledge (ma `rifah).'S1 The proposition is true also when reversed: knowledge leads to virtue insofar as virtues are seen as having a cognitive value.”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“Size ait bir dil ufkunuz yoksa, kendinizi başkalarının kelime ve kavramlarıyla düşünmeye, o dil evreni içinde tanımlamaya mahkum edersiniz.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Gök Kubbenin Altında

“Bilme sorumluluğu, yapma mesuliyetini de beraberinde getirir. Aydınlanmak bizi eyleme sevk eder. Bizi harekete geçirmeyen bilgi, yüzeyde kalan malumattan ibarettir.”
― İbrahim Kalın, Açık Ufuk

“sense-perception is not only the `weakest' form of perception but also corresponds to the lowest level of existence.”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“The only way there is to know God is through what he calls the `proof of existence' (al-burhan al-wujadt), which is a direct act of intuition and which does not admit any separation between the knower and the known.”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition

“There are four degrees of perfection [in knowing things]: the first is the refinement of one's outward state (al-zahir) by following Divine orders and Prophetic law. The second is the refinement of one's inward state (al-batin) and cleaning the heart from dark and despicable habits and behavior.73 The third is the illumination [of the soul] by the forms of knowledge and favorable qualities. The fourth is the [spiritual] extinction (fana') of the soul from itself and fixing its gaze (al-nazar) upon contemplating the First Lord and His Magnificence.”
― Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition