Conceptology of Traversing and Mediating Motions in Avicenna and Sadra Philosophical Systems

Subject Areas : فلسفه اسلامی

sherafat zebardast ¹ , hasen moallemi ² , Mohammad Hosein Irandoost ³

1 - Danchjo
2 - Associate Professor
3 - Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom - Faculty of Humanities - Islamic Azad University of Qom - Iran

Received: 2022-04-09 Accepted : 2022-06-21 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Mulla sadra, Traversing Motion, Avicenna, Mediating Motion, Motion,

Abstract :

The topic of motion can be abundantly observed in the works of Muslim scholars, indicating the importance of this issue. In the same regard, explaining the nature of Traversing and Mediating Motions is a significant issue in philosophical discussions. The most noticeable view in this regard involves the perspectives of Avicenna and Mulla Sadra. The primary question, according to these two philosophers, is that “Which motion, Traversing or Mediating, exists in the outside world?”The present study aimed at investigating and analyzing the views of these two philosophers regarding the explanation of Traversing or Mediating Motions and its external realization through descriptive and analytical methods by using library resources and valid scientific journals.The results of this study indicated that Avicenna believes in the external existence of mediating motion and considers traversing motion as imaginary and illusory, while Mulla Sadra considers traversing motion as reality with external existence and considers mediating motion as a fluid connected thing with a particular unit the whole of which is in the whole time. Understanding this fact paves the way for the substantial motion.