Investigating the Relationship between the Soul and Body from the Point of View of the Iranian Thinkers (Mulla Sadra, Javadi Amoli and Tabatabai)

The relationship between soul and body is one of the controversial topics in the science of self-knowledge among thinkers. Mulla Sadra’s belief is aligned with many of the principles of the Peripatetics. In the category of the relationship between soul and body, he appointed some principles with the titles: the originality of existence, hesitation in existence, scattered motion, the combination of matter and form and the unity of soul and power.

This study is based on a descriptive-analytic library study.

Mulla Sadra proves the relationship between soul and body with the above principles. Mulla Sadra’s philosophy is based on the principle of "existence" and its distinction from "nature". The question of "existence" is understandable for all with the knowledge by presence and personal perception and it’s "nature" and "existence" that makes difference, the existence is certainly real and nature is definitely relative. Javadi Amoli believes that the truth of existence is unique. If this fact is reveal by the clear or hidden address, reduces the number of options. Tabatabai believes that the soul is an existential matter that having alliance with body besides having independency, somehow that human from the moment of the creation accept various forms and having a life that participate in with intelligence and will.

it is deduced These three thinkers believes that the relationship between soul and body is unit and continuous that shows their union