نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 استاد دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
2 عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نراق، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Gnosticism is in fact a mystical movement that includes different
religions such as Manichaeism, Mandaeism and Christianity. Gnostics
had a dualistic view and they considered the material world as the
creation of an evil force. Their main doctrine is that the human soul is
trapped in this world and the path of his salvation is passing through
achievement of gnosis or the saving Knowledge, which brings to the
mankind by divine messengers and holy saviors. This knowledge is
acquired through the heart not the mind. Such an idea is considered as
one of the most basic principles in Islamic mysticism, so there are
remarkable similarities between gnostic and the Sufi epistemological
standpoints. This becomes more obvious when we consider the
meaning of the two words, gnosis and „rfān, both of which mean
“knowledge”.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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