The Role of Existential Attitude of Sadra to the Knowledge in Transcending of the Soul

Glancing at the Mulla Sadra’s initial definition of the knowledge in this paper, we explain that how he has presented a new image for the existential ascending of the soul in philosophy based on using principles such as “principality of existence”, “Its analogical gradation”, and “substantial motion” and also based on his existential attitude to “knowledge”. According to this theory, the gradations of the perfection of human being will be specified on his existential gradation and the existential gradation of the soul will be determined by its grade perception. Therefore, every person will achieve existential ascendance in his grads perception in such a way that the lower grades of the perception become a place for the upper grades of the knowledge and consequently the higher grades of the existence and perfection. Then, issues such as real and unreal knowledge and the “being relevant” or “instrumental” will be considered. However, the prominent result that can be achieved from this discussion is that: If reaching to the highest grade of perfection and transcendent depends on having the highest grade of perception, namely intellect, whatever the intelligible has the more existential grade the more perceiving it has of the soul. For this reason, thinking about God, His attributes and acts, Books and prophets of God reach human soul to the highest existential degree. That is the fact that has come under the title of the place of “knowing” God, Prophets and Imams in the Quran and traditions.