بررسي چيستي مرگ از ديدگاه افلاطون و ملاصدرا

An Analysis of the Essence of Death from Plato and Molla- Sadraʹs Perspectives

Plato and Molla-Sadra have a thirst and entreaty for death. Analyzing Plato and Molla-Sadraʹs views of the content of the ilm-on- nafs relating to the death, this article will investigate the characteristics of human death to find out their similarities and differences. According to Platoʹs thought, death is bound with myth. He also believes the existence of soul before body during which it has observed the realities. According  to Molla-Sadraʹs view, there is a concept named natural death which is the result of transubstantiation and corporeal contingency of soul. in Finally it will be explained that besides time pre-understandings, different egology bases has also resulted in Plato and Molla-Sadraʹs different understandings of death, despite their similarities. Plato regards death as a return to the world of realities because death is a separation from the world of becomings and a philosopher desires it; while according to Molla-Sadraʹs thought death is a stage of perfection which has previously started by transubstantiation and the material world provides the conditions for real knowledge.