Khajeh Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Role in the Interaction of Triple Paradigms of Islamic Philosophy

Our aim in this article is to investigate Khajeh Nasir`s effective role in emergence، growth and development of triple paradigms of Islamic philosophy، that are، Masha’، Ishraq and al-Hekmah al-Motealiyeh. Thus، first we present a summary of the meaning of “paradigm” and then discuss Tusi`s role in the development of triple paradigms of Islamic philosophy. We believe that، by using an interactive approach، Khajeh Nasir has attained a new approach to understand the paradigms. He is the first thinker in Islamic world who created a constructive and effective interaction between two paradigms of Masha’ and Ishraq، and paved the way for the emergence of al-Hekmah al-Motealiyeh. This can be explained with regard to either the conceptualization of al-Hekmat al-Motealiyeh or epistemological approach. Al-Hekmah Al-Motealiyah was influenced a lot by Tusi.