The Philosophy of Illumination
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The Philosophy of Illumination is Suhrawardi’s seminal philosophical work that founds the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school by blending Peripatetic reasoning with a metaphysics of light and intuitive knowledge.
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| The Philosophy of Illumination canonical | 1 |
| The Transcendent Wisdom Concerning the Four Intellectual Journeys | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15867455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Philosophy of Illumination Context triple: [Suhrawardi, notableWork, The Philosophy of Illumination]
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Light of the Intellect
Light of the Intellect is a medieval Jewish philosophical work, known in Hebrew as Or ha-Sekhel, that explores metaphysical and intellectual themes within the tradition of rationalist theology.
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Love of Eternal Wisdom
Love of Eternal Wisdom is a spiritual and theological treatise by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort that reflects on divine wisdom and the path to holiness through love of Christ.
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Doctrina Lux Mentis
Doctrina Lux Mentis is the Latin motto of Centre College, expressing the ideal of education as the light of the mind.
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Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment is a foundational esoteric text by Rudolf Steiner that outlines practical spiritual exercises and a path of inner development central to anthroposophical practice.
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Union with the Active Intellect
Union with the Active Intellect is a medieval philosophical-mystical concept, especially in Jewish and Islamic thought, describing the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a transcendent, universal intellect as the highest form of knowledge and spiritual attainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Philosophy of Illumination Target entity description: The Philosophy of Illumination is Suhrawardi’s seminal philosophical work that founds the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school by blending Peripatetic reasoning with a metaphysics of light and intuitive knowledge.
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A.
Light of the Intellect
Light of the Intellect is a medieval Jewish philosophical work, known in Hebrew as Or ha-Sekhel, that explores metaphysical and intellectual themes within the tradition of rationalist theology.
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B.
Love of Eternal Wisdom
Love of Eternal Wisdom is a spiritual and theological treatise by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort that reflects on divine wisdom and the path to holiness through love of Christ.
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C.
Doctrina Lux Mentis
Doctrina Lux Mentis is the Latin motto of Centre College, expressing the ideal of education as the light of the mind.
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D.
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment is a foundational esoteric text by Rudolf Steiner that outlines practical spiritual exercises and a path of inner development central to anthroposophical practice.
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E.
Union with the Active Intellect
Union with the Active Intellect is a medieval philosophical-mystical concept, especially in Jewish and Islamic thought, describing the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a transcendent, universal intellect as the highest form of knowledge and spiritual attainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
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al-Hikma al-muta‘aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a
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The Transcendent Wisdom Concerning the Four Intellectual Journeys
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linked to: The Philosophy of Illumination