Beyond Intellect and Sphere of Religion in the View of Mulla Sadra and Kierkegaard

Is there a scope beyond Intellect that is irrational and its rules are against intellect? This question always has called the mysticism (Gnosticism/irfan) to be against philosophy. So, two domains of “Intellect” and “Beyond Intellect” and the relationship between these two have always been considered by mystics, those who study the mystic and theologians in the Christian West and Islamic East. Kierkegaard is a scholar in the field of life that in his classification of life stages, has considered the sphere of religion beyond the ethics, intellect and aesthetics. In the present research, we study the differences and similarities between these two ways of living (sphere of religion and Beyond Intellect) in the view of these two philosophers. Kierkegaard believes that the rules of the sphere of religion are irrational. Mulla Sadra has developed another theory which is considerable. In his theory, there are wits and elegances that they less have been considered. In the present paper, we try to study the intellectual principles of these two philosophers and the effects of these principles on their views.