Suhrawardi
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Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian philosopher and mystic best known as the founder of the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school, which synthesized Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian and Platonic ideas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Suhrawardi canonical | 4 |
| Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Suhrawardi Context triple: [Avicenna, influenced, Suhrawardi]
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Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
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Mulla Sadra
Mulla Sadra was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher best known for founding the Transcendent Theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya), which synthesized peripatetic, illuminationist, and mystical thought into a profound metaphysical system centered on the primacy of existence.
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Shaykh al-Tusi
Shaykh al-Tusi was an influential 11th-century Twelver Shia scholar and jurist, renowned for systematizing Shia jurisprudence and hadith and for founding the scholarly center in Najaf.
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Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili was a 13th-century Moroccan Sufi master and scholar renowned as the eponymous founder of one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Suhrawardi Target entity description: Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian philosopher and mystic best known as the founder of the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school, which synthesized Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian and Platonic ideas.
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A.
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
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B.
Mulla Sadra
Mulla Sadra was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher best known for founding the Transcendent Theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya), which synthesized peripatetic, illuminationist, and mystical thought into a profound metaphysical system centered on the primacy of existence.
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C.
Shaykh al-Tusi
Shaykh al-Tusi was an influential 11th-century Twelver Shia scholar and jurist, renowned for systematizing Shia jurisprudence and hadith and for founding the scholarly center in Najaf.
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D.
Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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E.
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili was a 13th-century Moroccan Sufi master and scholar renowned as the eponymous founder of one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosopher
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Persian philosopher ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ mystic ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aleppo
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Seljuk ⓘ
surface form:
Seljuk period
|
| birthCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
hierarchy of lights
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knowledge by presence ⓘ light as fundamental reality ⓘ union of rational philosophy and mystical intuition ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ mystical philosophy ⓘ |
| honorificName | Shaykh al-Ishraq ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mulla Sadra
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Safavid-era Iranian philosophers ⓘ later Illuminationist philosophers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Neoplatonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ ancient Iranian thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ishrāqī philosophy
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founding the Illuminationist school of philosophy ⓘ synthesizing Peripatetic philosophy with Platonic ideas ⓘ synthesizing Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian ideas ⓘ |
| languageOfWriting |
Arabic
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Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| legacy | major figure in the Ishrāqī tradition of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
mysticism
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philosophy ⓘ |
| name |
Suhrawardi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi
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| notableWork |
The Philosophy of Illumination
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Ḥikmat al-Ishrāq ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolFounded |
Illuminationism
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Ishrāqī school ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Illuminationist philosophy
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ |
| region | Iran ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| viewOnAncientWisdom | saw continuity between Greek and ancient Iranian wisdom ⓘ |
| viewOnKnowledge | emphasized intuitive and illuminative knowledge ⓘ |
| viewOnReality | reality structured as degrees of light and darkness ⓘ |
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