اعلم أن العلم يطلق على معان:
أحدها: حصول صورة الشيء في العقل،
ثانيها: الصورة الحاصلة من الشيء عند العقل،
ثالثها: الحاضر عند المدرك،
رابعها: قبول النفس لتلك الصورة،
خامسها: الإضافة الحاصلة بين العالم والمعلوم.
وينقسم على قسمين: أحدهما يقال له «التصور»، وثانيهما يعبر عنه بـ«التصديق».المرقات، ص 9-10- Recognize the main meanings of 'knowledge' listed in the matn.
- Distinguish Tasawwur from Tasdeeq at an introductory level.
Know that the term knowledge is used in several senses: first, the occurrence of the form of a thing in the intellect; second, the form obtained from the thing in the intellect; third, that which is present to the perceiver; fourth, the soul's reception of that form; and fifth, the relation established between the knower and the known. Knowledge is then divided into two parts: one is called Tasawwur (conception), and the other Tasdeeq (judgement/assent).
The commentary notes that scholars differed over how knowledge should be described: as occurrence or acquisition, as an inner form, as a quality of the soul, or as a relation between the knower and the known. It also distinguishes beginningless divine knowledge from created human knowledge. The division into Tasawwur and Tasdeeq concerns created, acquired knowledge: Tasawwur is grasping a meaning without affirming or denying anything about it, while Tasdeeq concerns a propositional relation.
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01العِلْم
Knowledge
02العَالِم
Knower
03المَعْلُوم
Known object
04التَّصَوُّر
Conception
05التَّصْدِيق
Judgement / assent
- Recognize the main meanings of 'knowledge' listed in the matn.
- Distinguish Tasawwur from Tasdeeq at an introductory level.