The Method of Comprehending the Political Facts Based on Sadra's Philosophy

The political philosophy has a philosophical nature, and hence the method of its  comprehending is like the method of comprehending the philosophical facts. The method of Islamic philosophy is intellectual and demonstrative, and if Sadr al-Mutallehin has called his method as an enlightening one, is only because he has used his insights on philosophical analysis to enhance the power of reason. Along with the enlightening method, he has presented a method for utilizing the religious and mystical teachings, which can be of help in explaining and evaluating the political facts. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this paper studies the methods of comprehending the philosophical facts based on the philosophical foundations of Sadr al-Mutallehin, and it seeks to show a philosophical method for comprehending  the political facts. Accordingly, this paper first provides a short reflection on the Transcendental Wisdom and then, studies the Transcendental Wisdom through the method of perception, analysis and description, definition, and finally, the method of explaining and evaluating the facts of the political matters.