Knowledge by presence

Knowledge by presence (Persian: علم حضوری, transliterated ilm-e-huzuri[citation needed]) or consciousness is a degree and kind of primordial knowledge in the Illuminationist school of Islamic philosophy. This knowledge is also called the illuminative doctrine of knowledge by presence or al-ilm al-huduri al-ishraqi.[1] This theory is attributed to Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi. According to this theory self knows himself directly through a kind of cognition.[2]

  1. ^ Yazdi, M.H. (1992). The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence. SUNY series in Islam. SUNY Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-7914-0947-3.
  2. ^ Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa (2003). The Passions of the Soul in the Metamorphosis of Becoming. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 90. ISBN 978-94-017-0229-4.