Sadr al-Muta’allihin

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Sadr al-Muta’allihin is the honorific title of Mulla Sadra, the influential 17th-century Persian philosopher who founded the school of Transcendent Theosophy in Islamic philosophy.

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instanceOf Islamic philosopher
Persian philosopher
person
philosopher
alsoKnownAs Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Shirazi
Sadr al-Muta’allihin
birthPlace Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire

Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
birthYear c. 1571
citizenship Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire
deathPlace Basra
deathYear 1640
denomination Shia Islam
era 17th century
Safavid era
linked to: Safavid Empire
ethnicity Persian
honorificTitleOf Mulla Sadra
influenced Shi‘i seminaries in Iran and Iraq
contemporary Islamic philosophy
later Iranian philosophers
influencedBy Ibn Arabi
Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

Mir Damad
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Suhrawardi
knownFor Transcendent Theosophy
al-hikma al-muta’aliya
the gradation of existence (tashkik al-wujud)
the primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud)
the substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya)
the unity of the intellect and the intelligible
mainInterest Islamic theology
Quranic exegesis
epistemology
metaphysics
mysticism
ontology
philosophy of existence
notableWork Sharh Usul al-Kafi
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
al-Asfar al-arba‘a
al-Hikma al-muta’aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a
occupation Quran commentator
mystic
philosopher
theologian
philosophicalSchool Illuminationism (influenced)
Peripatetic philosophy (influenced)
Transcendent Theosophy
region Persia
religion Islam

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Mulla Sadra alsoKnownAs Sadr al-Muta’allihin
Mulla Sadra alsoKnownAs Sadr al-Muta’allihin
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