Suhrawardi

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Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian philosopher and mystic best known as the founder of the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school, which synthesized Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian and Platonic ideas.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Suhrawardi canonical 20
Ṣadr al-Mutaʾallihīn 2
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosopher ⓘ
Persian philosopher ⓘ
founder of philosophical school ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
associatedWith Aleppo ⓘ
Seljuk period ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
birthCentury 12th century ⓘ
coreConcept hierarchy of lights ⓘ
knowledge by presence ⓘ
light as fundamental reality ⓘ
union of rational philosophy and mystical intuition ⓘ
deathCentury 12th century ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
field epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
mystical philosophy ⓘ
honorificName Shaykh al-Ishraq ⓘ
influenced Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Safavid-era Iranian philosophers ⓘ
later Illuminationist philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
ancient Iranian thought ⓘ
knownFor Ishrāqī philosophy ⓘ
founding the Illuminationist school of philosophy ⓘ
synthesizing Peripatetic philosophy with Platonic ideas ⓘ
synthesizing Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian ideas ⓘ
languageOfWriting Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
legacy major figure in the Ishrāqī tradition of Islamic philosophy ⓘ
mainActivity mysticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
name Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
notableWork The Philosophy of Illumination ⓘ
Ḥikmat al-Ishrāq ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolFounded Illuminationism ⓘ
Ishrāqī school ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
region Iran ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
viewOnAncientWisdom saw continuity between Greek and ancient Iranian wisdom ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge emphasized intuitive and illuminative knowledge ⓘ
viewOnReality reality structured as degrees of light and darkness ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avicenna → influenced → Suhrawardi ⓘ
Henry Corbin → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
Mulla Sadra → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
Suhrawardi → name → Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
Seyyed Hossein Nasr → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
al-‘alam al-mithali → associatedWithPhilosopher → Suhrawardi ⓘ
al-‘alam al-mithali → systematizedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim → alsoKnownAs → Ṣadr al-Mutaʾallihīn ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi → alsoKnownAs → Ṣadr al-Mutaʾallihīn ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
Mulla Sadra → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadr al-Muta’allihin
Mir Damad → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ
Qutb al-Din Shirazi → influencedBy → Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
Abd al-Qahir → hasNisba → al-Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
Henri Corbin → influencedBy → Suhrawardi ⓘ