1- institute for humanities and cultural studies , zshokri724@gmail.com
2- Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought
2- Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought
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The existential gradation in Mulla Sadra’s Transcendent Philosophy is presented and explained based on certain philosophical foundations, such as the univocity of existence and the primacy of existence, among others; it is often recognized as his innovation. However, the origin of this issue should be sought in the discussions of logic, Peripatetic philosophy, Illuminationism, and also mysticism because Mulla Sadra’s existential gradation is the result of passing beyond Peripatetic’s general gradation, the development of Suhrawardi’s gradation of light, and the presentation of difference and plurality in the single and simple reality of existence in mysticism. Given Mulla Sadra’s claim that his viewpoint on existential gradation does not conflict but rather corresponds with Avicenna’s perspective, it seems necessary to precisely determine the relationship between these two views. However, commentators of the Transcendent Philosophy have not reached a consensus on this issue to the extent that their interpretations can be categorized into two conflicting groups: "non-correspondence" and "correspondence" of Mulla Sadra’s and Avicenna’s existential gradation. The present research aims to examine this issue as expressed by the commentators of the Transcendent Philosophy and to evaluate their arguments using an analytical-rational method. The present research claims that Mulla Sadra’s viewpoint does not correspond with Avicenna’s view—in most of his works—and that Avicenna’s existential gradation is primarily a specific form of general gradation, which can be reconciled with the assertion of the distinction of existents, and therefore appears to be more compatible with the foundations of Avicenna’s philosophy rather than Mulla Sadra’s.
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