جايگاه خيال متصل و منفصل در فلسفه صدرالمتالهين

Mulla Sadraʹs theory ofimaginary perception

Contrary to Avicenna who regards imaginary perception as a product of abstraction and contrary to suhrawardi who regards imaginary perception as a product of suspended forms Mulla Sadra based on his philosophical essentials that are influential on his theory of imagination on the one hand considers faculty of imagination and imaginary perceptions as immaterial (conjoined imagination) and on the other hand believes in the world of ideas (autonomous imagination) and its effects on conjoined imagination under the influence of Suhrawardi and Ibn Arab. Although he deems external factors such as the world of ideas as important in acquisition of imaginary perception he regards human soul as the must important.he believes it is human soul that creates imaginary forms with its Godly creativity and the emanation of the world of ideas and the observation of ideal forms by the soul just help it create imaginary forms. Whereas Mulla Sadra in addition to believing in soul s descending limbo,belives in soulʹs ascending limbo through its substantial movement... Suhrawardi regards imagination as a mirror and as a manifestation of suspended fOnTIS in the world of autonomous imagination disregarding ascending limbo.