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Implications of the Divine Ethics … S. Ibrahim & M.M. Gorjian Arabi (91
Lastly, the present article Philosophers before Mir Damad
aims to investigate the impact referred to the copulative
and implications of believing existence in the form of a
in the copulative existence of homonym with two meanings;
effect in the explanation and one means literal existence
study of divine ethical issues. and the other means predicate
Therefore, we can ask the existence and the distinction
main question of the research between these two terms is
thus: What are the implications achieved according to the
of the copulative existence in cases of usage.
divine ethics according to the Existence is divided into
transcendent wisdom of Sadra? Existence in-itself and
Existence-for something else,
Theoretical Foundations and and Existence in-itself is
Research Background divided into Existence for-itself
1. Copulative Existence and Existence-for something
The concept of existence is else; However, Mir Damad in
exempted from definition since his book “Afaq al-Mubin”, to
its reality is the same as avoid the fallacy of
objective reality and externality homonym, has distinguished
that can only be understood between these two terms, and
and known through mystical for the first time, he used the
discovery and intuition; Of course, term copulative for existence
the human mind abstracts the in-itself for something else
concept of existence from that and forged the term relational
reality which is divided into for existence in-something
independent and copulative.
else. (Mir Damad, 2006)
