Mulla Sadra (Makers of Islamic Civilization)

Mulla Sadra (Makers of Islamic Civilization)

By Ibrahim Kalin
Oxford University Press
This book introduces the readers to the fascinating world of Mulla Sadra's thought, one of the most important figures of the later Islamic intellectual tradition. Sadra's "Transcendent Wisdom" is based on the fundamental insight that all things derive their reality and truth from the all-inclusive reality of existence.
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This book introduces the readers to the fascinating world of Mulla Sadra's thought, one of the most important figures of the later Islamic intellectual tradition. Sadra's "Transcendent Wisdom" is based on the fundamental insight that all things derive their reality and truth from the all-inclusive reality of existence.

Along the "four journeys" of his philosophical quest, Sadra produces a world-picture that is a reflection of the infinite symphony of existence and its modalities. His penetrating deliberations on the human state and spiritual anthropology provide one of the most profound statements of the underlying unity between humans, the universe and the Divine.

The book takes the reader through the elaborate and rich world of Sadra's intellectual journey and shows its relevance for today's philosophical issues in the Islamic and Western worlds.

Contents:

Introduction
Sadra's life, influence and works
The intellectual journey of a seventeenth century
Crisis and maturity: introducing Sadra's ontology
Synthesis: Transcendent Wisdom and the great chain of being
Conclusion: throwing away the ladder of philosophy
Further reading and Works cited
Index

About The Author

Ibrahim Kalin, since 2009 an advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office, Turkey, taught Islamic Studies at Georgetown University and was the founding director of the SETA Foundation. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Science and Technology (OUP, 2014), and co-editor of War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad (2013) and Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century (2011). Among other studies of Mullā Ṣadrā, he is the author of Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mullā Sadrā on Existence, Intellect and Intuition (OUP, 2010).

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EAN 13 / ISBN 9780199451173
Author Ibrahim Kalin
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 192
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Year Published 2014
Weight 0.6 lb
Width 5.6 in
Height 8.4 in
Depth 1.1 in

EAN 13 / ISBN 9780199451173
Author Ibrahim Kalin
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 192
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Year Published 2014
Weight 0.6 lb
Width 5.6 in
Height 8.4 in
Depth 1.1 in

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