Comparative Analysis of Seyed Morteza and Allameh Tabataba'i Views on the Nature of Reason and its Functions

The purpose of this study is to compare the views of Seyed Morteza and Allameh Tabataba'i on the nature of reason and its functions from the perspective of these two nobles.

Descriptive and analytical method is used to study the title of this research until it reached the desired result. 

Considering the important position and authority of reason in Seyyed Morteza and Allameh Tabataba'i, six important functions of reason can be considered from their point of view: 1.proving Shiite philosophical Doctrrine 2.Reason as Source and Evidence 3. Interpretation and justification of verses and traditions incompatible with rational principles, 4. Wisdom and validation of a news or its refutation 5. Reason as a means of understanding, deducing, and explaining religious texts 6. Intelligence and anti-Superstition.

Although Seyyed Morteza and Allameh Tabataba'i have shared many of the functions of reason in explaining reason, but it seems to explain some functions in the definition of reason, such as the interpretation and justification of verses and traditions incompatible with rational principles and their approach to explanation. Religious issues also differ. Seyed Morteza's approach was verbal, but Allameh Tabatabai had a more philosophical approach to religious issues.