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4. Soul; The Main Agent perception, sometimes by using
of Perception some bodily organs and
According to the theory of powers and sometimes without
mental existence defended by using them.
Allameh Tabatabai, nature, in From Allameh's words, it
addition to its external can be understood that man
existence, also finds an has knowledge of himself and
existence in the mind during this is only possible by
perception. attributing it to self. In other
The mental existence of words, man's knowledge and
nature indicates the external understanding of himself is
existence of nature. Although achieved only through the
nature is the same in both soul. (Hosseini Dolat-Abad,
existences, these existences 2014: 143)
have many differences. According to Bergson's
External existence has effects theory, the stream of desire
that mental existence does not towards the center, which is
have. For example, the external the sensory effect received by
existence of fire burns; But its the five senses, is the work of
mental existence does not burn. the body, and the centrifugal
The external existence of fire stream, which adds memories
is a material and changeable from within the memory to
matter; But its mental the received sensory effect,
existence is not like that. and by doing this brings the
In short, one of the memory to “Actuality and
functions of the soul is Reality”, is the work of the
perception. The soul achieves memory or soul. Therefore,
