Friday, March 29, 2024 AD / Ramadan 18, 1445 AH
Mansoor Hashemi Khorasani
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The origin of the intellect is the Lord of the worlds who is Himself the pure intellect[1] and the Master of intellectuals, and there is no contradiction in His actions. Therefore, intellectuals from all over the world, of any race, language, and culture, agree on theories that refer to the intellect, and there is no disagreement between two of them. For example, all of them agree that whatever can be sensed exists, the whole is greater than the part, the combination of two contradictory things is impossible, what is created needs a creator, mutawatir narration is true, oppression is bad, justice is good, and the like. This means that the intellect is one existence, and in this respect, it is fit to be the criterion of cognition so that through adherence to it, disagreements among intellectuals change into agreements.

[Levels of the intellect and its perceptions]

Although there are numerous levels and different measures for the intellect, it is clear that the difference in its levels and measures does not harm its unity as the foundation of cognition; such as light that has intensity and weakness, but it is considered the foundation of observation in all its levels and measures. In addition, the intellect, in the meaning of the power of thinking and knowledge, although it is more in some human beings compared to some others, sufficiently exists in all human beings, and this is sufficient for its unity as the criterion of cognition; because God the Just has granted every obligated human being a sufficient amount of the intellect, and its abundance in some of them is a favor that He has granted them, without it being unfair to others; as God Almighty has said: ﴿وَاللَّهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ[2]; “God increases for anyone He wills, and God is indeed the Wise Extender.” In addition, the intellects of some people complete the intellects of some others through a natural and mutual process; because they interact with each other and, through the exchange of opinions, make a collective intellect that compensates for the deficiency of the individual intellect;

↑[1] . It means that He is the Best in knowledge and wisdom, His knowledge is not tainted by ignorance, nor His wisdom by folly.
↑[2] . Al-Baqarah/ 261