Abstract

Precise discussions of philosophers about the types of unity and multiplicity prepared the ground for presenting different viewpoints on the unity and multiplicity of existence. One of these viewpoints belongs to the eminent scholar Dawwani, according to whom unity is demanded by "tasting of theosophy". Dawwani's position has been the object of Mulla Sadra's different criticisms. Reviewing in detail the structure of the theory of tasting of theosophy, and looking in more detail at the objections presented by philosophers specifically Mulla Sadra, the paper seeks to re-read the significant of Dawwani's viewpoint as well as to draw the similarities between his viewpoint and mystics' standpoint.