A Reflection on Death and How It Gives Meaning to Life as Viewed in Sadra's Philosophy and Atheistic Existentialism

Atheistic existentialism, denying incorporeal world, has studied human being and disagreed human incorporeal spirit. The philosophy dendency, has viewed human being as accidental and temporal and, such being the case, he himself must give meaning to his life. The end of such a futile life is a death change all human attempts for an everlasting life to disappointment. While in Sadra`s philosophy, uhman being has been created as being compound of body and spirit and his essential being lies in his spirit that is everlasting. Human spirit after passing the grades of perfection and becoming of no need to the body leaves it and continues to its eternal life; therefore, death is a beginning for the true life and becoming released from body as well as a hopeful stage and glad tidings to man. In this article, we will examine the role of death as giving meaning to life in terms of the two schools of thought.