Wisdom And Philosophy

Evidence for the 'Principality of Quiddity' according to Ghias al-din Mansur Dashtaki from Mulla Sadra's Point of View

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Masoumeh Esmaeili

Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of Shahid Motahari University

https://doi.org/10.22054/wph.2023.64576.2032
Abstract
Mulla Sadra has demonstrated "The Principality of Existence" as the basis of the Transcendent Philosophy based on solid arguments and by studying the scholars before him, he considered the peripatetics to believe in The Principality of Existence and the Ishraqi in the principality of Quiddity. Although the question of the principality of Existence or Quiddity has not been raised in this way by early scholars, by examining their works and expressions, one of the parties to the issue in question can be attributed to them. This research seeks to find the opinion of 'Ghias al-din Mansur Dashtaki' on this matter. By examining his texts and expressions in a descriptive-analitical method based on Sadra's philosophy; while providing convincing evidence, the belief in the 'The Principiality of Quiddity' can be deduced from Ghias al-din Mansur. The above evidence will be presented and the claim will be explained in this research. Ghias al-din considers the concept of 'Existence' as one of the validations of the secondary intelligible and redundant on quiddity, denying the realization of any individual and external instances for it.

Keywords

Ghias al-Din Mansur Dashtaki
Mulla Sadra
Existence
Existiny
Quiddity
Principality
Secondary Intelligible
Subjects
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Wisdom And Philosophy
Volume 19, Issue 75
Summer 2023
Pages 1-20

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