An Analysis of Intensification and Weakening in Motion from the Perspective of Sadrian Philosophy
Subject Areas : Studies on Mulla Sadra and the Transcendent Philosophy
Hadi Izanloo
1
,
Mohammad Mahdi Kamali
2
,
Hasan Khosravi
3
1 - PhD Candidate of Transcendent Philosophy, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Islamic Research Foundation of Astane Quds Razavi, Mashhad, Iran
3 - MA in Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Khorasan Seminary, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords: Motion, intensifying, Weakening, Mullā Ṣadrā, ‘Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī,
Abstract :
One of the important discussions in Islamic philosophy focuses on motion in substance. Trans-substantial motion, as one of Mullā Ṣadrā’s significant innovations, refers to the flow of existence, meaning that the essence of a thing is constantly in renewal, change, and transformation at each moment. Among the issues raised in the discussion of trans-substantial motion are intensification and weakening in motion. One point of disagreement in this discussion is whether motion is intensifying or weakening, which has been mostly discussed in relation to instantaneous and positional motions. The question discussed in the present research is whether motions are absolutely intensifying, and all beings are evolving, or whether weakening and regressive motion also exists. The importance of this discussion lies in the fact that many philosophical problems, such as the union of the intellect and the intelligible, the corporeal origination and spiritual persistence of the soul, and bodily resurrection, can be resolved based on the intensifying substantial motion. The authors conclude that, whether we interpret motion as exiting from potentiality to actuality or as exiting from concealment to manifestation, motion is absolutely in a process of intensification.