This page explains a conceptual relationship between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relationship functions in the construction of meaning.
Meaning of the Relationship
This relationship means that the human being does not remain at the level of possibility or potentiality, but turns what is possible into actual reality through what they possess of reason, knowledge, willingness, and will. Human action here is not a spontaneous impulse, but a conscious transition from an idea or possibility to an actualized practice, because reason and knowledge open the path of understanding, while willingness and will provide decision and direction.
The Two Poles of the Relationship
- First pole: the human being
- The relationship: converts potential into action
- Second pole: through reason, knowledge, willingness, and will
Evidence
- The State and Society through Freedom Regulates Human Action between Willingness and Will
- Evidence: Freedom Regulates Human Action between Willingness and Will links, in Shahrur’s view, the realization of human action to reason and knowledge, which turn speech into action, because an idea becomes reality only through awareness and epistemic mediations
Its Effect in the Knowledge Map
This relationship gains its importance because it connects the human being’s inner structure with the realization of action in the world, making the human being a focal point in understanding freedom, action, and awareness. It also places reason, knowledge, willingness, and will within a single network that explains how the possible turns into the real, thereby helping to build a more comprehensive conception of the relationship between human being, freedom, and action within the broader intellectual perspective.