Imitation to God; the Ultimate Aim of Philosophy

One of the purposes of philosophy is recognition of truth and man`s prosperity through realizing life`s truth. However, the greatest purpose of philosophy is imitation of human to God. Many Muslim philosophers believe that man`s God-like ability is the ultimate purpose of philosophy. The current paper aims at discussing man`s God-like ability as the ultimate purpose of philosophy and highlighting its importance and position in Islamic philosophy, especially transcendent phylosophy. This matter is remarked in philosophical works via the definition of philosophy. Various purposes are taken into consideration in Islamic philosophy, but at last they believe that the ultimate purpose of philosophy is man`s God-like ability. Although man`s God-like ability is remarked in the philosophers before Sadra, it is observed in a better way in transcendent phylosophy. This study uses descriptive-analytic method.