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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 10(34), Serial Number. 2, Spring. 2023: 27-58






            ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

            Allamah Misbah’s Puzzle about the Emergence of the Soul
            in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra

            Prof. Mohammad Legenhausen       *


            * PhD. in Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Rice University, Texas, America,
            and Prof. in Department of Philosophy the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute

           ARTICL INFO           ABSTRACT

           Article History:      SUBJECT  AND  OBJECTIVES: Purpose  in  this  paper  is  to  examine  the
           Received: 26 October  2022  criticism, explore the main issues raised, show how these issues are
           Revised: 09 December 2022  related to contemporary philosophical discussions, and suggest how
           Accepted: 02 January 2023   Sadra’s  position  might  be  defended.  Two  kinds  of  defense  will  be
                                 suggested: first,  we  can  surmise  from  Sadra’s  works  how  he  might
           Key Words:
                                 have responded to the criticism; second, we can consider how a position
           Soul (Spirit)         like Sadra’s could be defended in view of contemporary philosophy.

           Substantial Motion    METHOD AND FINDING: This research is a qualitative research with a
                                 critical  analysis  approach.  One  of  the  distinctive  features  of  the
           Misbah Yazdi          philosophy of Mulla Sadra is his doctrine of the soul. He held that the
                                 soul  evolves  from  the  body.  The  human  soul  has  its  beginnings  in
           DOI:
           10.22034/imjpl.2023.16291.1105   material  existence,  but  it  evolves beyond  the  material  and  achieves
                                 eternal immateriality.

           DOR:                  CONCLUSION:  The  idea  that  the  incorporeal  soul  as  a  seperable
           20.1001.1.26767619.2023.10.34.1.3
                                 substance,  might  have  begun  its  existence  as  a  corporeal  substance
                                 and then changed into an incorporeal substance has been criticized by


                                 Allamah  Misbah.  His  criticism  raises  a  number  of  issues  in  the
                                 philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and Islamic theology.
           * Corresponding Author:
           Email:                               Article Address Published on the Journal Site:
           legenhausen@yahoo.com                http://p-l.journals.miu.ac.ir/article_8198.html
           ORCID: 0000-0001-8578-6062

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