
Mulla Sadra
Ibrahim Kalin(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published in December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-19-945117-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-945117-3 (9780199451173)
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Person
Ibrahim Kalin, Deputy Undersecretary, Prime Minister's Office, Turkey. Former Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University, he was President, SETA Foundation.
Content
Introduction ; Sadra's life, influence and works ; The intellectual journey of a seventeenthcentury ; 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