In this article, the problem of the soul-body relationship is surveyed through the existential approach of Sadr-al-Muta'allehin. In explaining this relationship, Sadra sometimes infers the unity and sometimes the duality; His main explanation also faces challenges from an analytical point of view. these ...
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In this article, the problem of the soul-body relationship is surveyed through the existential approach of Sadr-al-Muta'allehin. In explaining this relationship, Sadra sometimes infers the unity and sometimes the duality; His main explanation also faces challenges from an analytical point of view. these two problems, can be explained as the result of the philosopher’s commitment to logical requirements of conventional philosophical frameworks which are inevitable while addressing existential facts. after explaining the existential approach and reviewing the main opinions of philosophers, the explanation of al-hikmat-al-muta’āliyah which stats that the soul’s occurrence is material and its permanence is incorporeal, is discussed. Then, considering the challenges of the famous explanation, another explanation based on Mulla-Sadra's existential approach is provided, and based on it challenges of the famous explanation and the explanation of the decisive phenomena in the problem is discussed. We also show that his alterations from the existential horizon within conventional frameworks, prepare them for carrying the Transcendent meanings; and conceptual encounter with the expressions carrying them results in meaning inconsistency.
