Dispute over the Difference between Copulative and Non-copulative Existence

In dealing with the two different ascriptions of copulative existence, Mulla Sadra assumes a specific difference between one of the ascriptions of copulative existence and non-copulative existence. As his assumption seems incompatible with the unity of the concept of existence, commentators on his views have tried to justify the inconsistency and remove the ambiguity. Some of these commentators have expressed surprise and some others have confirmed Mulla Sadra’s view by rejecting the value common between copulative and non-copulative existence. Still a third group have proposed the ultimate distance between the circumstances of existence based on the analogicity of existence. The diversity in concept is another justification for this claim. Allameh Tabatabai’s view is different from Mulla Sadra’s in the sense that he rejects the difference between copulative and non-copulative existence. In fact, copulative non-copulative existence as a distinction in the field of logics is different from the same distinction in philosophy. What Mulla Sadra has intended is the former distinction not the later.