Abstract

The thingness of contingent existents is of two types:1. The thingness of existence: the appearance of the contingent at one of the levels of existence.2. The thingness of quiddity: the visibility and appearance of quiddity in the intellect. This means that the existence of things is witnessed and their quiddity is intelligible.In Mulla Sadra's view, the witnessed existence is genuine, that is, it is realized essentially and without an intermediary, while quiddity is mentally-posited and is realized because of existence.