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The Human Soul… Z. Haider and H.R Rezania / (21
The Transcendent Wisdom first level is the physical body
elaborates all vegetal, animal and its last level is intellect.
and human faculties in detail (Sadr al-Mute'allihin Shirazi,
that vegetal soul has the power 2004, V. 8: 133)
of food, developing power and At the beginning of creation,
reproductive power. The animal the soul is a physical
soul has power of knowing and phenomenon and according to
moving. The human soul has its physical nature it needs a
intellectual power but the body but in the gradual journey
Upanishads didn’t give details of perfection and substantial
as transcendent Wisdom. movement, it has ability to
accept rational forms. (Ibid,
The Absurdity and 2012: 375)
Immateriality of the Soul So, at the beginning, the soul
In philosophical term, the is not completely immaterial
immateriality is the opposite of and does not have intellectual
material that in this world level. When it gets be
somethings are not material connected with the body at this
and don’t have physical time, the soul is like a sensual
characteristics. (Misbah Yazdi, and imaginary form. Difference
2000, V. 1: 113) between the soul and other
The Transcendent Wisdom beings is that the soul has
knows the soul as immaterial posibility to be perfect and
but it’s immateriality is not achieve the immaterial level of
limited the soul has different existence in the realm of the
categories. Mulla Sadra believes: devine world and being
Human soul is a single reality material is not in contradict
but has different levels; it’s with ability of immateriality.
