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• It possesses an existential soul in the material world
union with the soul (Mulla (Gbadegesin, 2004).
Ṣadrā, 2003). 4. Human Body through
Mulla Ṣadrā uses "luminous"
for entities with a degree of the Lens of Substantial
Motion
abstraction (Ibid). The soul Mulla Ṣadrā viewed the body
serves as the sheath of the not just as a material aspect of
luminous body only if the humanity but as evolving toward
physical body's ultimate stage is abstract perfection through
viewed as the initial stage of the substantial motion (Mulla Ṣadrā,
luminous body, allowing both 2003). His philosophy
to coexist. While the subtle body emphasizes that the material
can be seen as a lower degree world serves as the foundation for
of the soul and the physical humanity's evolutionary journey
body as its covering, there is toward pure abstraction.
no existential unity between According to the theory of
the two; they possess distinct substantial motion, the entire
levels of existence that allow for material universe transitions
connection. This correspondence gradually from materiality to
between their levels establishes abstraction, and the human soul
the conditions for the soul's embodies this process. The soul
governance over the body starts as a corporeal entity and
(Mousavi, 2016). evolves spiritually through life
One might wonder if Yoruba in the earthly realm.
Philosophy divides the human Initially, the soul requires a
body or recognizes another material body for its
body as in Transcendental existence. As it progresses
Wisdom. However, Yoruba through stages of perfection, it
Philosophy sees humans as manages the body and influences
having a single body that its faculties and organs,
functions as a vessel for the
remaining dependent on it.
Mulla Ṣadrā states that the
