Born in 1966 in Malayer in Iran, Rahmati graduated with a BA in philosophy in 1990 from the University of Tehran and He received a master's degree in philosophy from the same university in 1996. He acquired his PhD in 2001 from Islamic Azad University under the supervision of Gholamreza Aavani. His fields of study can be summarized as follows: Ethics and Philosophy of Religion and Islamic Philosophy. Most of his work in these three areas is in the form of translations of specialized texts with an introduction and explanations of these works. He has provided some of the texts in the field of ethics, among which the most important are the Encyclopedia of Ethics ed. By Paul Edwards and Donald M. Borchert and the Critique of Practical Reason (Immanuel Kant's Second Critique). Among his activities has been to teach ethics philosophy in the form of academic courses as well as holding workshops for faculty members at various universities.[1][5][6]
Career
Full Professor of Islamic Azad University-Central Tehran branch; Department for Islamic Philosophy. For over two decades he has been teaching "Themes of analytical philosophy of religion" at the postgraduate and doctoral levels. A translation of Taliaferro's book "The Philosophy of Religion" is one of his achievements in this field.[7][8] In the field of Islamic philosophy, in addition to teaching the classical texts of philosophy at various stages of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies, he has continuously tried to introduce new trends related to Islamic philosophy. In order to have a modern and effective reading of Islamic philosophy and spirituality, he devotes part of his research and studies to the work of traditionalists. Translating the books “Knowledge and the Sacred” by Sayyed Hossein Nasr, Art and Spirituality (Honar va Maanaviat) compilation of articles by traditionalists, as well as "Religion and Order of Nature" and "The Garden of Truth" are part of his efforts. In recent decades, there has been an ongoing effort to discuss Islamic philosophy and spirituality in the light of Henry Carbon's works. One of his most important research achievements in this field is the translation of Henry Corbin's masterpiece entitled " Iranian Islam: The Spiritual and Philosophical Perspectives " in four volumes. In his book, “Kīmīyā-e Khirad", some of his three areas of research in relation to each other, and the importance of each of them reviewed and examined.[9]
“Millenarianism in Ancient Iranian Religions and Ikhavan al-Safa’s theory of Prophetic Cycles: A Comparative Study”, in Biannual Journal of Religious Studies (Islamic Azad University), Vol.6, No.12
“Determinism and Free Will”, in Biography & Academic Life of Dr. Gholamhossein Ebrahimi Dinani (Society for the Apprehension of Cultural Works and Dignitaries)
“The Function of Imagination in the Explanation of Spiritual Reality”, in the Processing of the second Conference on Artistic Imagination, No.14
Awards and honors
He was nominated as the "Translator of the Year" by the Ministry of Islamic Guidance.[20]
His translation of the books entitled: "Avicenna and the Visionary Recital", "Iranian Islam", "Encyclopedia of Ethics, Temple and Contemplation” and “Knowledge and the Sacred” became the best-known philosophical book of I. R. of Iran in various years.[21][22]
