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form of a vegetable soul, all things are conscious.
meaning that it has the ability (Rizvi, 2009: 84-87)
to be nourished and to grow, Rizvi’s work is commendable
and gradually the physical not only for its analysis but
organization of the body is also for pointing out the
further perfected so that the historical links of Sadra’s
animal soul appears, i.e. the view with sources in the Neo-
body develops the sense platonists.
organs and is capable of Nevertheless, the soul of the
locamotion. human being does not consist
The ascending motion has in the simple amalgamation of
no instant when it splits off the souls of the material parts
from the horizontal motion of of one’s body.
physical time; but that does The soul requires a
not mean that the body has corporeal vehicle. It begins by
always possessed a soul. emergence from the body and
Another answer to the at some later stage becomes
second horn of the dilemma is immaterial. While panpsychism
suggested by Mulla Sadra’s is sometimes ridiculed, it has
panpsychism. As Sajjad Rizvi recently been revived in
explains, Mulla Sadra has a analytic philosophy of mind
very simple proof that all precisely because of the type
things are conscious. Like of difficulty posed by Allamah
knows like, and so what is Misbah’s second horn.
conscious can only know Panpsychism has been
what is conscious; But all recently defended by Michael
things can be known. Hence, Tye. Tye argues that
consciousness must have
