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Sadr al-Din Mohammad volumes of his Asfar are
Shirazi (1571-1640), known dedicated to man and his soul,
as Sadr al-Mutallehin and and in the rest volumes he
Mulla Sadra, is a great Shiite also discusses man.
philosopher and the owner of The main issue of the
the philosophical school of article is that according to
“Transcendent Theosophy”. Sadra's opinions, what the
Mulla Sadra studied in criticisms of Chopra's views
Isfahan and Sheikh Bahai and on man and his relationship
Mirdamad were his most with God are?
prominent teachers. Great
scholars like Faiz Kashani Theoretical Foundations and
and Fayaz Lahiji are among Research Background
his students. Valuable works One of the branches of
have been left by Mulla philosophy is ontology
Sadra, including “Asfar studying the nature of essence
Arbaa” and “Tafsir al-Qu'an and the structure of reality.
al-Karim”. (Jacob, 2003: 19)
Among the Islamic Ontology is a recognized
philosophers, Mulla Sadra has science in philosophy; The
paid special attention to study of what exists and what
psychology, the truth, and the must be assumed to exist to
place of man in the Universe, achieve a convincing
as well as his relationship description of reality.
with the Almighty God, to the (Guarino, 1996: 258)
extent that he has based The position of man in the
transcendental wisdom on Universe and the relationship
four spiritual journeys of between man and the
man, (Mulla Sadra, 1981, Almighty God is one of the
Vol. 1: 13) and at least two topics of ontology, and it is
volumes out of the nine one of the most important
