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HoP 175 - Bright Ideas - Illuminationism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Illuminationists and the Peripatetic Philosophers

In illumination, the imagination of a prophet is like a polished mirror that shows things from the world of images. This isn't far from an idea accepted by the peripatetic philosophers. Both Shahra Zuri and Kutab adin think that after death, some human souls manage to avoid transmigration into animal bodies. The purist of souls can escape the bodily realm of death and enjoy a direct vision of the lights of the intelligible realm.

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