Mulla Sadra

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Mulla Sadra was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher best known for founding the Transcendent Theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya), which synthesized peripatetic, illuminationist, and mystical thought into a profound metaphysical system centered on the primacy of existence.

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instanceOf Islamic philosopher ⓘ
Persian philosopher ⓘ
Shia philosopher ⓘ
person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Shirazi ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
Sadr al-Muta’allihin ⓘ
birthName Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Safavid Iran ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire
dateOfBirth c. 1571 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 1640 ⓘ
denomination Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
era Safavid era ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
field Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
founderOf Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ
honorificTitle Mulla Sadra ⓘ
influenced Qom seminary philosophy ⓘ
Shia theology ⓘ
later Iranian philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna

Mir Damad ⓘ
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ
Suhrawardi ⓘ
mainInterest Quranic exegesis ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
movement Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ
nativeLanguage Persian ⓘ
notableIdea bodily resurrection with imaginal body ⓘ
gradation of existence (tashkik al-wujud) ⓘ
primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud

substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya) ⓘ
unity of the intellect and the intelligible ⓘ
notableWork Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) ⓘ
al-Asfar al-Arba‘a ⓘ
al-Hikma al-muta‘aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a ⓘ
al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad ⓘ
al-Shawahid al-rububiyya ⓘ
occupation Quran commentator ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalPosition existentialism (Islamic, primacy of existence) ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Illuminationism (influenced) ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardiyya

Peripatetic philosophy (influenced) ⓘ
Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Shiraz ⓘ
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
placeOfDeath Basra ⓘ
region Persia ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
subjectOf Mulla Sadra (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article) ⓘ
linked to: Mulla Sadra
taughtAt Kahak near Qom ⓘ
Shiraz ⓘ
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
writingLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ

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Ibn Arabi → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Islamic philosophy → majorFigure → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Persian culture → notablePhilosopher → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Henry Corbin → influencedBy → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Akbarian school → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Akbarian school → hasKeyFigure → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Mulla Sadra → honorificTitle → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Mulla Sadra → subjectOf → Mulla Sadra (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article) ⓘ
linked to: Mulla Sadra
Suhrawardi → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Islamic Iran → hasNotableScholar → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Seyyed Hossein Nasr → influencedBy → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
al-‘alam al-mithali → associatedWithPhilosopher → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
al-‘alam al-mithali → elaboratedBy → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim → alsoKnownAs → Mullā Ṣadrā ⓘ
linked to: Mulla Sadra
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi → alsoKnownAs → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi → alsoKnownAs → Mullā Ṣadrā ⓘ
linked to: Mulla Sadra
Transcendent Theosophy → hasCreator → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Transcendent Theosophy → developedBy → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Mir Damad → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Mir Damad → teacherOf → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Mir Damad → influencedBy → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
al-Asfar al-Arba‘a → author → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad → author → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
al-Shawahid al-rububiyya → author → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Kahak near Qom → associatedWith → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Kahak near Qom → notableResident → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadr al-Din
Baha al-Din al-Amili → influenced → Mulla Sadra ⓘ