Types of Perception Universal Based on Sadraian Psychology

Mulla Sadra is a philosopher who has new ideas about “universal” and the manner and conditions of its perception. Mulla Sadra’s view about universal and its perception is based on some issues as follow: principality of existence, ambiguity of existence, substantial motion and Platonic Ideas. He uses the term “remote viewing” for perception of universal which has two interpretations with regard to his phrases and perhaps only one of these two interpretations can be considered as his final opinion in this issue. Perception of universal and its conditions have also different expressions in his works. The write with regard to the principles of Sadra in this regard attempts to gather these various expressions and believes that the perception of universal has hierarchical degrees in Sadraian philosophy that Include the following: perception of widespread universal, perception of the conceptual universal that is purified from imagination, perception of conceptual universal with the help of imagination and perception of imaginative form that is applicable to many.