The Place of Love in the Ontological Arguments of Theoretical Mysticism and Transcendental Wisdom

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Professor at the seminary and lecturer at the University of Tehran

10.22059/jikt.2026.407565.1037

Abstract

Love plays a central role in the ontological arguments of theoretical mysticism and transcendental wisdom; in such a way that this ontology can be considered a romantic ontology; because according to knowledge and wisdom, a non-loving being is fundamentally not realized, and both the Blessed and Exalted God and His existential manifestations are entirely in love. On the other hand, love is an effective component in mystical ontology and Sadra'i wisdom; because first, it is a description of the aesthetic attributes of the Glorious God; second, it is the origin of creation and the realization of the descending arc on the orbit of the movement of love; third, it permeates all existential manifestations; and fourth, it is the origin of the return of existential words to their origin in the ascending arc. This research, using a descriptive-analytical method, has explained the position of love in the ontological arguments of theoretical mysticism and transcendental wisdom, and has delineated the role of love in the four aforementioned axes - which encompass the top and bottom of the system of existence - in an argumentative manner, in order to prove that in this style of ontology, firstly, not only is there no conflict between love and reason, but reason makes love the basis of its ontology; secondly, love is not illusory or reprehensible, but is the principle and basis of reality in the arc of descent and ascension.

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Research Journal of Islamic Knowledge and Thought

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Available Online from 23 February 2026

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