Mulla Sadra׳s View on the Death of Human Being; a Critical Analysis with Special Focus on Ibn Sina׳s Views

Referring to the meaning of death and its different types, the present article has raised various approaches concerning the real cause of human being death in an attempt to understand its real cause. Thus the article proceeds a comparative study of the views of Ibn Sina and Mulla Sadra towards clarifying the true and authentic view about the real cause of death. Ibn Sina׳s view considering the collapse of temperament balance through domination of instinctive heat as the real cause of death has met three objections by Mulla Sdra. Relying on these objections, Mulla Sadra rejects Ibn Sina׳s view and holds that the real cause of death is the perfection of human being soul and turning away of the soul from the body. Studying the objections of Mulla Sadra and criticizing his view, the authors have come to the conclusion that the real cause of death is the very disturbance of the temperament balance and spoil of the body. They believe that Mulla Sadra׳s view corresponds more with voluntary death rather than natural one.