نشریه فلسفه تحلیلی
پیش شماره 1 (بهار 1383)

In this writing,shaykh ai- rais concerns for the issue of"the substatial motion"are discussed. While insisting on negation of "the substatial motion"because of[ the issue] persistence of subject, on the one hand, he has not managed to find subjects for some accidential motions, on the other,he is of some opinion concerning certain issues which may not be justiied unless through acceptance of "the substantial motion".As examples, negation of motion in essence and in accident from the rational soul and its acceptance of perfection in accidental categories may be mentioned

Enemies of philosophy are two groups:those politicians who advocate the existent situation and sophists who defend pubhic understanding.But a part of sophists are advocates of tradition and politics, and a group promotes anti-philosophy under the name of philosophy.In the Islamic world,opposition of jurists and theologians to philosophy led to more consistence between philosophy and Islam.Scientists, in the West ,look at philosophy with dislike and regard it as a useless discipline,their own roots and those of contemporary civilization, however, have been taken in the post-Cartesian modern philosophy

Philosophizing should be learnt from great philosophers and among great philosophers ,Aristotle may be regarded one of the greatest ones.To learn how to philosophize,we accompany Aristotle seeking the reply to the question:"What is philosophy?" Aristotle ,in Metaphysics (the beginning of great alpha), has opened this window for us.For him , humankinds nature is interwoven whit the quest of knowlege.Quest of knowledge which is in the nature of man, brings him in a path for which no end may be imagined.The man, who desires knowledge seeks the supreme knowledge.
This supreme knowledge will, perhaps, never be grapaed by man.In any case. For Aristotle such knowledge is the most desireable, which must be sought.

Challenges faced by Islamic philosophy and theology(kalam),consisting of interaction,opposition,and in some cases a synthesis of the two, are a part of Islamic thought, and study of such challenges, in turn, may be of some influence in command on the issues discussed in the two disciplines and in particular Islamic philosphy.To research in this field,which covers many issues,requires a great deal of time.
In this article, however,asmall part of a minor branch of a single issue has been

Faith is a virtue which grants permanence ,life,ideal and humankind.
Faith has been discussed in the Islamic and Christian cultures.In the contemorary Christian culture,in the guise of Fidesism,faith is introduced as s spiritual state mixed with doubt.In Islamic culture, however, it is a cognitive issue, wherein no doubt is admitted