Phenomenology of soul in Mulla Sadra's school

Sayyid Muhammad Khamenei

pp. 17-28

in: The passions of the soul in the metamorphosis of becoming, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

According to what we read in the history of philosophy, there were only two well-known theories concerning the soul up until about four centuries ago. Plato, and many other ancient philosophers, considered the soul to be an immaterial reality independent of matter, which existed before the body and joined it when the body was well-disposed to receive the soul. According to them, the soul would accompany the body as long as the latter had necessary power. When the body weakens and dies, the soul departs to another abode. In this theory, the soul is regarded as a captain in a ship, guiding the body.

Cited authors

Plato