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Plato’s theory of ideas has profoundly influenced human philosophical thought. While luminaries like Aristotle vehemently opposed it, other prominent philosophers have endorsed it. The widespread disagreement over Platonic Ideas stems from Plato’s fragmented presentation of the theory in his works, never systematizing it coherently. Consequently, later philosophers have offered varying interpretations, either rejecting or affirming them.
In the Islamic era, philosophers and sages also engaged with Platonic Ideas, seeking to justify and interpret them. Among Islamic philosophers, figures like Ibn Sina opposed the doctrine, while others, such as Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra, ardently embraced it. Al-Farabi, the great Muslim sage, equated Platonic Ideas with the divine intelligible forms (Al-Farabi, 1986, p. 105). Ibn Sina interpreted them as universal natures whose existence is separate from matter (Ibn Sina, 2008, p. 320). Suhrawardi regarded them as the "lords of species" (arbab al-anwa‘) governing material kinds (Suhrawardi, 2006, p. 453).
In the Islamic era, philosophers and sages also engaged with Platonic Ideas, seeking to justify and interpret them. Among Islamic philosophers, figures like Ibn Sina opposed the doctrine, while others, such as Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra, ardently embraced it. Al-Farabi, the great Muslim sage, equated Platonic Ideas with the divine intelligible forms (Al-Farabi, 1986, p. 105). Ibn Sina interpreted them as universal natures whose existence is separate from matter (Ibn Sina, 2008, p. 320). Suhrawardi regarded them as the "lords of species" (arbab al-anwa‘) governing material kinds (Suhrawardi, 2006, p. 453).
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