Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim
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Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, better known as Mulla Sadra, was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher who founded the transcendent theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya) school of thought.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosopher
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Persian philosopher ⓘ Qajar-era intellectual ⓘ Shia theologian ⓘ mystic ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mulla Sadra
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Mullā Ṣadrā NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadr al-Din Shirazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ṣadr al-Mutaʾallihīn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1571 ⓘ |
| birthName | Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Safavid Iran
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Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Safavid Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 1640 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Basra
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Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
17th-century philosophy
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Safavid era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| founded | school of transcendent theosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy in Iran
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Shia theology ⓘ contemporary Islamic metaphysics ⓘ later Iranian philosophers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ Mir Damad NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Persian ⓘ |
| mainInterests |
Islamic theology
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Quranic exegesis ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of existence ⓘ |
| movement |
Transcendent theosophy
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al-hikma al-mutaʿāliya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
gradation of existence (tashkik al-wujud)
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primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) ⓘ substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya) ⓘ unity of the intellect and the intelligible ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sharh Usul al-Kafi
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Tafsir al-Quran al-karim NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Asfar al-arbaʿa NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hikma al-mutaʿaliya fi-l-asfar al-ʿaqliyya al-arbaʿa NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Mabdaʾ wa-l-maʿad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Quran commentator
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jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | School of Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Persianate world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Isfahan
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Kahak near Qom NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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