Abstract

The focal point of the discussion of making is the possible thing, since it requires a cause for being realized. This issue is related to discussions related to cause and effect, existence and non-existence, and quiddity and existence; therefore, Islamic philosophers have referred to it under different titles.Philosophers have dealt with this issue with reference to the general philosophical and theological movements, and particularly from the viewpoints of two important philosophical positions, namely, the" Peripatetic and Illuminationist schools of thought. Perhaps one of the most important reasons that the idea of the making of quiddity or existence has been attributed to the Peripatetcis or Illuminations is that, concerning the issue of the principiality of existence or quiddity, it is normally stated that Illuminationists believe in the principiality of quiddity and the Perpaterics believe in the principiallity of existence. And since the problem of making is to some extent based on the problem of the principiality of existence or quiddity, they have implicitly referred to the necessity of discussing these issues at the same time.Accordingly, the problem of making, like many other philosophical problems, turned into a controversial issue, arousing a great number of arguments and, as a result, different groups, following different ideas, proposed different proofs in this regard. Finally, Mulla Sadra redefined the issue of making and presented it in a new and orderly fashion.