Abstract

The main Thrust of this article is to study the foundations of the doctrine of trans-substantital motion in Plato's philosophy.The author is of the view that a meticulous study of Plato and Mulla Sadra's work will bringbein to the sight many common points in the works of these two qreat sages. While advocating Plato's intellectual stand in different books. Mulla Sadra considers Plato as a diviiue sage and the master of philosophers and regards himself as the reviver of Plato's thought. So far the doctrine of trans- subtantial motion is concerned he interprets Plato's words in the Timaeus as temporal origination aand trans-substantial motion and believes that this idea necessitates the existence of the realm of the Ideas and finds a unanimty between his ideas and Plato's thought.