In the Sixth Discourse of the Zad al-Musafirin, Nasir Khusraw presents his most extensive argument refuting the claim of the materialists that the celestial spheres are the creator of the universe. This argument’s foundation comprises concepts related to the motion of elemental natures and generated beings, alongside the subjugated or dominant nature of celestial spheres and their rotational motion. The findings ultimately reveal that while Nasir Khusraw’s argument is methodologically sound and possesses a valid logical structure formally, its premises contain unsubstantiated assumptions and exhibit false analogies in substance.
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Mehrabadi,K. and Hassan zadeh nayeri,M. H. (2025). Validation of Naser Khusraw's Argument Rejecting the Celestial Spheres as Creator. Philosophical Thought, 5(4), 1001-1016.
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