Foundations of Denying the Trans-Substantial Motion in the Philosophy of Ḥakīm Mullā Rajab‘alī Tabrīzī
Subject Areas : تعامل اندیشهها، اثرگذاری اندیشههای فلیسوفان بر جامعه و تفکر پس از خودZeinab Azad Moghaddam 1 , Abbas Javareshkian 2 , Seied Morteza Hoseini Shahrudi 3
1 - PhD candidate of Islamic Philosophy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Islamic Philosophy and Kalam Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Professor at the Islamic Philosophy and Kalam, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords: trans-substantial motion existence quiddity matter form Mullā Ṣadrā Mullā Rajab‘alī,
Abstract :
Mullā Rajab‘alī Tabrīzī was one of the philosophers of Isfahan School of Philosophy and a contemporary of Mullā Ṣadrā. His thoughts, originated in a school which was almost in contrast to Sadrian philosophy, clearly show the strengths and weak points of Islamic philosophy. The purpose of the present study was to examine the roots of Mullā Rajab‘alī Tabrīzī’s thoughts regarding the trans-substantial motion. Since he believed in the principiality of quiddity as opposed to the principiality of existence, he considered motion to be disconnected and of the type of generation and corruption and maintained that gradual and trans-substantial motion was impossible. In addition to the lack of a subsistent subject and the mortality of the species in the trans-substantial motion, the belief in certain philosophical principles has resulted in the rejection of the trans-substantial motion as a philosophical principle by some philosophers such as Mullā Rajab‘alī Tabrīzī.