Abstract

In relation to the faculties of the soul, philosophy in divided into practical and theoretical types. Since long ago, philosophers have emphasized the simultaneous acquisition of these two branches of knowledge for the realization of the definition and meaning of "philosophy". Like other philosophers, Mulla Sadra has emphasized this task. However, because of its applied and practical implications for the perfection and transcendence of the soul, practical wisdom is concomitant with the purification of the soul, and since the end of wisdom is the perfection of souls, the purification of the soul bears a tight relationship with wisdom or philosophy, its definition, and its end.The present paper is devoted to a study of this relationship from Mulla Sadra's point of view and seeks to analyze and explain the reality of wisdom and its connection with belief and purification of the soul based on the principles of the Transcendent Philosophy. Accordingly, the writer has initially referred to the end of philosophy and then examined the mutual relationship between the ends of wisdom and the purification of the soul in detail. In this way, she has demonstrated the following:1. Mulla Sadra's main focus in the definition and explanation of the Transcendent philosophy is the purification and perfection of the soul.2. The ends of wisdom which Mulla Sadra and others have referred to as "end" are, in fact, ontological and practical ends rather than scientific and methodological ones.3. Wisdom is the main element of the correct purification of the soul, and the purification of the soul is the main element in the correct perception of philosophical problems.4. The purification of the soul plays a greatly significant role in the development of the concept, definition, applications, and worldly ends of wisdom