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266:(essence). The first volume has four "journeys". The first journey is concerned with the ontology or the doctrine of being. The second journey is concerned with substance and accidents. The third journey deals with God and his attributes and the fourth journey is about the soul of man and a discussion of man, his destiny, death and resurrection. 273:, Mulla Sadra expresses his opinion on the creation of world. He clarifies the meaning of the word "universe" and its place in time. Mulla Sadra says previous philosophers' premises and conclusions about the concept of eternity are correct. However, he says, the eternity of the world is not derived from them. 276:
Mulla Sadra advocates a pantheistic doctrine of existence. He also says that God must have a pure existence. Mulla Sadra points out the differences in his conclusions on this topic compared to those of
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calls Mulla Sadra "the most important and influential philosopher of the last four hundred years in the Muslim world". Mulla Sadra's writing style is analytic and critical.
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examines the philosophical opinions of the different schools of Islamic philosophy. In fact, the compendium acts as a history of Islamic philosophies.
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Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: an Analysis of the Al-hikmah Al-'arshiyyah
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and Allameh Muzaffar edited the book in a new version presented in nine volumes. In 1974, Javad Mosleh translated
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is representative of the greater part of Mulla Sadra's philosophical scholarship. In its nine volumes,
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which means, "Transcendent Philosophy on the Four Intellectual Journeys". Mulla Sadra's
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Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
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in four volumes, where it was accompanied by a commentary on three of the volumes by
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and prove the idea of Unity of Existence by offering a new intake and perspective on
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From Essence to Being: The Philosophy of Mulla Sadra and Martin Heidegger
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The Transcendent Philosophy of the Four Journeys of the Intellect
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The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra
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Al Hikmat Al Motaaliyyah fi Al Asfar Al Aghliyyah al Arbeah,
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in the Islamic world. The book explains his philosophy of
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Britannica website 20 July 1998. Accessed 20 July 1998.
93:); Molla Sadra; Mollasadra; or Sadr-ol-Mote'allehin; ( 354:at Plato website 9 June Accessed 25 November 2016. 519:Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being 289:Mirza Mahdi Ashtiyyani has made glossaries for 173:. However, the book is not to be confused with 16:Compendium of Islamic philosophy by Mulla Sadra 563: 561: 538: 536: 455: 453: 390: 388: 269:In the tenth section of the third journey of 56:. It was first published in print in 1865 in 32:written by the 17th century Islamic scholar, 8: 430: 428: 121:(scholar). He was a prominent figure in the 419:Sadr al-Din Muhammad al-Shirazi,1571/2-1640 364: 362: 360: 195:Mulla Sadra's work considers the nature of 64:(1797–1893). To date, no notable, critical 374:State University of New York Press, 2006. 573:State University of New York Press, 1975 465:State University of New York Press, 2012 340: 68:translation of the book has been made. 169:. 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Index

Islamic philosophy
Mulla Sadra
Sufism
Peripatetic philosophy
Alpharabius
Avicenna
transcendent theosophy
Tehran
Hadi Sabzavari
English
Mulla Sadra
Persian
Arabic
Iranian
Shia
Islamic philosopher
theologian
‘Ālim
Iranian
renaissance
Oliver Leaman
University of Kentucky
transcendent theosophy
Kalam wisdom
Ishraqi philosophy
Arabic
reality
essentialism
existentialism
existentialism

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