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- 1. The Transmission of Knowledge The Impact of Philosophy on the Formation of Religious Sects
Hinweis der Redaktion
- What I’ll be discussing is Philosophy’s influence on a number of religious sects, particularily the Sufis, Shias, and relating to the Shias: the Assassins.
- Because a particular hadith stated that if a community were to agree on something, there could be no error in the decision they decided upon. And so reviewing these materials was forbidden… Kind of a catch 22 came about in regards to the studying of the Quran. Because it was required reading, it became widely available, and because it was widely available, it became subject to scrutiny…
- While the bulk of the first of the chapter deals with the importance of knowledge and the importance of the knowledge that was transferred between Muslims, Hellenes, Greeks… things like philosophy, reason, logic… the thought of which actually led to two theological beliefs being developed… one in which religion was looked at with reason, the other where God was viewed only with revelation… Sufiism would gain some influence, and with the multiple strands of knowledge, as well as a decline in the Abbasid Caliphate led to a rise in Shia regimes, and while the majority of Shiias were uninterested in converting people, the Ismailis were absolutely interested, and they were supported by a group quite unloving towards the Abbasid Caliphate: Fatimid rulers.
- Knowledge of a path to God… (This can be compared to the Quran in that it initially provided a means by which to transmit knowledge from life experiences, but in the case of the hadith, the trials and histories were of revered figures, of the Prophet. In the case of al-Ghazzali’s dream, such knowledge would be gained through personal experiences.)
- Before moving on to focus on the influence logic and reason had on religion, I’ll just briefly scan through some of the main transmitters of knowledge.
- Quite a story in the choosing of al-Musta’li over Nizar by al-Afdal…
- Such preparations for the assasination included the disguise of a Sufi, and training in combat, which in this case was utilized with a knife… Origin of the name and rep… Joseph Von Hammer and the history of the assassins...compared them to such secret societies as freemasons, illuminati, templars etc. Emphasized the terrorist similarities.. Silvestre de Sacy did extensive research regarding the origins of the name assassins… and came to the conclusion that it referred to the herbage hashish, but instead of the common assumption that the assassins were called this because they were abusers of the drug, he thought that perhaps it was used in contempt of the rich secretaries who indulged in its use. Similar to the name, Sans Cullottes, a name to describe what they are against…