An Analysis of the Status of the Soul in Mulla Sadra’s School

Subject Areas : فلسفه اسلامی

roya banakar ¹ (PhD student of Philosophy, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran)
hadi vasei ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran)
Mohammad Fooladivanda ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute, Qom, Iran.)

Received: 2020-10-24 Accepted : 2022-12-05 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: completion, , soul, soul, , Mulla Sadra, ,

Abstract :

the status of the soul in Mulla Sadra’s school of thought. According to Mulla Sadra, the secret of human immortality and happiness is religiosity, self-purification, faith and righteous deeds. Mulla Sadra believes that four types of beings in the universe, including plants, animals, humans, and the celestial souls, have souls. Observing the effects of life, in these three beings (except the celestial souls), he considers a form of perfection that is emanated to matter which is called “soul” in philosophical terms. The lowest level of the soul is the vegetable soul, then the animal soul, but the most honorable level is the human soul. Based on his existential principles, including “the theory of substantial motion” and “the theory of existential gradation”, he proposed a completely different theory in this discussion.Based on his existential principles, including “the theory of substantial motion” and “the theory of existential gradation”, he proposed a completely different theory in this discussion.Keywords: soul, Mulla Sadra, completion of the soul.