Abstract

The present article reports Mulla Sadra's view of the relation between the purity of the soul and knowledge. The writer explicity slates that in Mulla Sadra's view, it is impossible to attain real knowledge without first purifying the soul. Besides, it is emphasized that according to Mulla Sadra, the knowledge which has been aquired through intellectual delibrations, in comparison to the knowedge which has been obtained through the purification of the soul, is like seeing the sweet comparing to tasting it. The purity of the soul, which is the basis of knowledge, is nothing but abstaining from secularism in all its different forms. Basically, the purity of the soul in itself is a non-existential affair whose value depends on its relation to knowledge and divine wisdom.