according to heidegger human existence is not encapsulated and limited in itself, rather it is a transcendental existence which is standing out in the world. this ecstasy is rooted in the deeper relation between human existence and being. in heidegger philosophy this necessary relation between man and world is an essential element in the existential structure of man. that is why he uses the ter...

one of the consequences of accepting personal unity of existence as well as the philosophical rule of “al-wahid” is wujud-e munbasit (the extended existence). sayyid haydar amuli explains origination of multiplicity from the one on the basis of wujud-e munbasit. according to him the first emanation from being is universal and extendedand contains all degrees of contingent world. by depicting of...

mulla sadra uses his own principles in the debate over unity, multiplicity and graded unity of being to develop a profound interpretation from the noble tradition “there is no compulsion and volition but something in between”. this approach is formed via exposing the meaning of hierarchy in sadra’s theosophy, human deeds are attributed both to the individual himself and the divine will. his bre...

this article considers all the mulla sadra’s proofs of primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) found in all his works‚ and concludes that sadra has two approaches in his arguments: (1) to prove the primacy of existence through negation of original attributes from quiddity (mahiyyah), (2) to refute the primacy of quiddity through indirect proof. at the end‚ we conclude that the first approach and...

In the Islamic tradition, Mulla Sadra is foremost among the philosophers who have dealt with the issue of prophecy from all three theological, philosophical, and mystical perspectives. Among Western scholars of religion, Henry Corbin is the most prominent commentator of prophetic wisdom, who has provided a mystical reading of the problem of prophecy drawing on the ideas of Muslim philosophers. ...

priority of the soul to the body is one of the issues in the studies on the soul concept, long being the subject of debate and contest by islamic scholars. in addition, many narratives of infallible imams have been quoted on this topic. mulla sadra shirazi has been of a specific view on this issue. he has rejected the priority of the soul to the body in terms of multiplicity and disjunction and...

some of the islamic philosophers such as farabi and mulla sadra supporting the belief in sacred and divine revelation, began to give a philosophical explanation in the field. in philosophical explanation of revelation, revealed facts can be divided into two: general and particular, perceived respectively by the prophet`s intellect and imagination. both the philosophers when explaining divine re...

the eternity of al-nafs al-juziyah (finite self) is one of the most complicated philosophical issues. in some of his works, mulla sadra firmly pointed out the eternity of finite self; he similarly has specified the created-ness of the bodily soul; however, the former and the latter are apparently contradictory. the main objective of the present study is to indicate that according to the mystica...