Seyyed Ahmad Fardid and Corbin: On Islamic Mysticism and German Philosophy

The present paper narrates the general outlines of Henry Carbon and Seyyed Ahmad Fardid views of comparative study of Islamic mysticism and German philosophy, and also carries out a comparison between the two thinkers. There are similarities between them in many aspects, for example both start the comparative study with a criticism of historicism and engaging with phenomenology and both are trying to overcome the crisis of the western thought history. In spite of these harmonies, there are some important separations; while Carbon is concerned with meta-history, Fardid with his own special attitude toward history, highlights the historical aspects of the ideas and makes prominent studies constantly in the context of the history. Also while Carbon with a linguistic look follows the formation of a conceptual network in two side study, Fardid concentrates on Etiology with an inspiration by Heidegger.