Animals′ Sentiments and Love from the Point of View of Sadraii Wisdom

Abstract

This survey has been done to illuminate and explain Sadra’s ontological viewpoint on the entity of the inborn and innate love in the existence of non-human animals using the analytic and descriptive method (library documentary). In the sight of Sadra, in the whole universe, from the lowest beings to the highest ones, love permeates through the entire world of existence. From Sadraii's wisdom viewpoint, animals are one of the creatures in the essence of existence that possesses their own perfect attributes. Animals have souls, the effects of which are life, perception, free choice, and love. Love is one of the hallmarks and perfections of existence in animals. Animals have an order for their existence, and they are attributed with perfection to the extent of their intensity and weakness. That is to say, all animals are not at the same level. Their perfection is also the same as their existence. There are life, perception, and love in animals, but depends on their proportion of existence. All animals are in love, but every animal having the highest share of its rank enjoys more love. Mullah Sadra's ontological principles in proving the existence and flow of love in animals are that the existence is “original”, “non-composite”, “equivocal” and “coextensive” with life, conception, and love, and “God, the Almighty, is the true Beloved of all beings including animals’ souls.” Evolutionally, animals can only move to the point where the humanity of human beings.

Keywords

• sadraii wisdom
• mullah sadra
• animal
• sentiments
• love