Life after the death by Mulla Sadrâ

This thesis covers views of Mulla Sadra, who had significantly improved the Islamic philosophy at seventeenth century, on the life after the death. Being fed by both religious and philosophical background before him, Mulla Sadra establishes a strong and courageous synthesis among these ideas. The theory of "substantial motion" he invented constructs a basis for his philosophy systematized by the name "Transcendent Philosophy". Explaining his views on the life after-death through this theory, Sadra clarifies the Islamic resurrection theory through logical arguments despite the Peripatetics claiming that the corporeal resurrection cannot be proven through logical arguments. The scope of the issue has been handled by considering its historical aspects and the robust connections established by Mulla Sadra with philosophical tradition. In this context, descriptions of the life after-death in religions before Islam, in The Holy Koran which is the fundamental source of Islam, in the Antique Greek views and in the History of Islamic philosophy before Mulla Sadra, are outlined. In the last chapter, opinions of Mulla Sadra are studied in detail using his own works. This work aims to answer the following questions through the perspective of Mulla Sadra which combine the logic and the recounted. Is there a death after the life? What is the difference between the existing life and the life after-death in terms of existence? Will resurrection be through this organic body or be a pure spiritual? Can corporeal resurrection be proven by logical evidences? What is the nature of lower-self and its relation with the body? Is there a life in the grave? What is the "Sirat Bridge"? How the deed books are written? Keywords: Mulla Sadra, Eschatology, Resurrection, Substantial Motion