Transcendent Theosophy

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Iranian philosophical school Shia philosophical tradition metaphysical system school of Islamic philosophy

Transcendent Theosophy is a major school of Islamic philosophy developed by Mulla Sadra that synthesizes Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought into a metaphysical system centered on the primacy and gradation of existence.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Transcendent Theosophy canonical	8
Transcendent theosophy	2
Transcendent Theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya)	1
Transcendent Theosophy of Mulla Sadra	1
transcendent theosophy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6569707 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Transcendent Theosophy
Context triple: [Mulla Sadra, movement, Transcendent Theosophy]

A. The Key to Theosophy
The Key to Theosophy is a foundational 1889 work by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky that systematically explains the principles, ethics, and aims of the Theosophical movement in a question-and-answer format.
B. The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
C. The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine is Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s foundational theosophical work, presenting an esoteric cosmology and synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
D. Theosophical Kabbalah
Theosophical Kabbalah is a medieval Jewish mystical system that interprets the divine realm and creation through the dynamic interactions of the sefirot and related spiritual worlds.
E. Theosophy
Theosophy is a spiritual and philosophical movement that blends Eastern and Western esoteric traditions, emphasizing mystical insight, reincarnation, and the pursuit of universal spiritual truths.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Transcendent Theosophy
Target entity description: Transcendent Theosophy is a major school of Islamic philosophy developed by Mulla Sadra that synthesizes Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought into a metaphysical system centered on the primacy and gradation of existence.

A. The Key to Theosophy
The Key to Theosophy is a foundational 1889 work by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky that systematically explains the principles, ethics, and aims of the Theosophical movement in a question-and-answer format.
B. The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
C. The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine is Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s foundational theosophical work, presenting an esoteric cosmology and synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
D. Theosophical Kabbalah
Theosophical Kabbalah is a medieval Jewish mystical system that interprets the divine realm and creation through the dynamic interactions of the sefirot and related spiritual worlds.
E. Theosophy
Theosophy is a spiritual and philosophical movement that blends Eastern and Western esoteric traditions, emphasizing mystical insight, reincarnation, and the pursuit of universal spiritual truths.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian philosophical school ⓘ Shia philosophical tradition ⓘ metaphysical system ⓘ school of Islamic philosophy ⓘ
associatedWith	School of Isfahan ⓘ
centralDoctrine	bodily origination and spiritual subsistence of the soul ⓘ gradation of existence ⓘ knowledge as a mode of existence ⓘ primacy of existence ⓘ substantial motion ⓘ unity of existence and quiddity with priority of existence ⓘ unity of the intellect and the intelligible ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Safavid Iran ⓘ linked to: Safavid Empire
developedBy	Mulla Sadra ⓘ
emphasizes	hierarchical ontology ⓘ inner spiritual journey of the philosopher ⓘ metaphysical realism of existence ⓘ synthesis of reason, intuition, and revelation ⓘ
foundedIn	Shiraz ⓘ linked to: Shiraz, Iran
hasAlternativeName	Sadrāean philosophy ⓘ Transcendent Philosophy ⓘ al-hikma al-mutaʿāliyya ⓘ linked to: al-Hikma al-muta‘aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a
hasCoreText	Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī ⓘ linked to: Sharh Usul al-Kafi al-Asfār al-arbaʿa ⓘ linked to: al-Asfar al-Arba‘a al-Mabdaʾ wa-l-maʿād ⓘ linked to: al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad al-Mashāʿir ⓘ
hasCreator	Mulla Sadra ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Allama Tabatabaei ⓘ Mulla Hadi Sabzawari ⓘ Murtaza Mutahhari ⓘ
influenced	Islamic metaphysics ⓘ Qom seminary philosophy ⓘ contemporary Shia thought ⓘ later Iranian philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Avicennism ⓘ Hadith literature ⓘ Ibn Arabi ⓘ Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ Islamic mysticism ⓘ Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ Suhrawardi ⓘ
keyConcept	al-haraka al-jawhariyya (substantial motion) ⓘ asālat al-wujūd (primacy of existence) ⓘ tashkīk al-wujūd (gradation of existence) ⓘ linked to: Wahdat al-wujud wujūd (existence) ⓘ ʿilm ḥuḍūrī (knowledge by presence) ⓘ
mainLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
religiousContext	Islam ⓘ Twelver Shiʿism ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Mulla Sadra → movement → Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ

Mulla Sadra → founderOf → Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ

Mulla Sadra → philosophicalSchool → Transcendent Theosophy ⓘ

Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim → movement → Transcendent theosophy ⓘ