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عقل در حکمت مشاء
432 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2011
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علیمراد داودی
6 books6 followersDr. Alimorad Davoudi was an Iranian Bahá'í who was a member of the national governing body of the Bahá'ís in Iran. He was a professor at Tehran University in the philosophy department.
Alimorad Davoudi was born in the small village of Shams-Abad in Iranian Azerbaijan in 1922.When he finished high school in Tabriz, Davoudi traveled to Tehran where he entered a teacher training college and studied education, literature and philosophy; he graduated after three years.In 1955, at the age of 33, Davoudi moved once again to Tehran to study philosophy at Tehran University while also working full-time as a school teacher.He then traveled to France, where he stayed for one year, to improve his French, which he later used to translate many French philosophical texts. In 1964 he completed his Ph.D. with a thesis on the philosophy of Aristotle and Descartes and was then invited to join Tehran University's faculty where he became a professor.Dr. `Ali-Murad Davudi eventually became the chairman of the philosophy department at the university until shortly after the Iranian Revolution. During his academic career he wrote many works on the history of Greek and Islamic philosophy, in addition to writing articles on Bahá'í philosophical and theological themes. He also translated many French language philosophical works in Persian and were published by Tehran University Press.
After the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Society of Muslim Students declared Professor Davudi as "anti-Islamic" and "anti-revolutionary"; members of militant Islamic groups regularly gathered outside his house, and thus he found that he could not continue to work as a professor and resigned from the university. After the Iranian revolution the persecution of Bahá'ís was escalating, and Davudi was one of the most visible members of the National Spiritual Assembly, which had to defend the rights of its members to the government. As secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly he also regularly interacted with the Bahá'í community through letters and talks, encouraging them to be patient through the persecution, and coordinating the relief efforts.
On November 11, 1979, while he was walking alone in a park near his home in Tehran, Davudi was kidnapped and was never seen again. The Liberation Front newspaper wrote the headline "Dr Davudi, University Professor is Kidnapped". While the Iranian government denied any involvement, later three revolutionary guards admitted that Professor Davudi had been kidnapped on the order of the government. He has been presumed dead.
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Alimorad Davoudi was born in the small village of Shams-Abad in Iranian Azerbaijan in 1922.When he finished high school in Tabriz, Davoudi traveled to Tehran where he entered a teacher training college and studied education, literature and philosophy; he graduated after three years.In 1955, at the age of 33, Davoudi moved once again to Tehran to study philosophy at Tehran University while also working full-time as a school teacher.He then traveled to France, where he stayed for one year, to improve his French, which he later used to translate many French philosophical texts. In 1964 he completed his Ph.D. with a thesis on the philosophy of Aristotle and Descartes and was then invited to join Tehran University's faculty where he became a professor.Dr. `Ali-Murad Davudi eventually became the chairman of the philosophy department at the university until shortly after the Iranian Revolution. During his academic career he wrote many works on the history of Greek and Islamic philosophy, in addition to writing articles on Bahá'í philosophical and theological themes. He also translated many French language philosophical works in Persian and were published by Tehran University Press.
After the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Society of Muslim Students declared Professor Davudi as "anti-Islamic" and "anti-revolutionary"; members of militant Islamic groups regularly gathered outside his house, and thus he found that he could not continue to work as a professor and resigned from the university. After the Iranian revolution the persecution of Bahá'ís was escalating, and Davudi was one of the most visible members of the National Spiritual Assembly, which had to defend the rights of its members to the government. As secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly he also regularly interacted with the Bahá'í community through letters and talks, encouraging them to be patient through the persecution, and coordinating the relief efforts.
On November 11, 1979, while he was walking alone in a park near his home in Tehran, Davudi was kidnapped and was never seen again. The Liberation Front newspaper wrote the headline "Dr Davudi, University Professor is Kidnapped". While the Iranian government denied any involvement, later three revolutionary guards admitted that Professor Davudi had been kidnapped on the order of the government. He has been presumed dead.
Excerpted from wikipedia
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