| According to the Islamic perspective, the human soul, in which names of God and perfection are gathered together, is of outmost importance. Islamic philosophers have paid a special attention to the human soul in order to give religious instructions a rational image, which includes finding answers for demonstration of the soul, relation between the soul and the body, life of the soul after death, features of the soul, and such like.
In the present research, author has addressed the soul from the viewpoint of Mullasadra with an overview study. His influence on contemporary philosophers is undeniable.
Using his creativeness, he has considered the issue of the soul from a new outlook and obtained remarkable and unprecedented results .Introducing a few new aspects like the corporeal soul, soul's gradual evolution towards immateriality, as well as the similarity between the soul and the body by nature, has led to call Mullasadra the innovator of these thoughts.
Keywords: Rational soul; Principality of existence; Substantial motion; The union of the intellect and intelligible، |