Mulla Sadra as Narrated by Henry Corbin, by Karim Mojtahedi

The article “Mulla Sadra as Narrated by Henry Corbin” by Karim Mojtahedi examines the perspective of Henry Corbin, the French philosopher and Iranologist, on the status of Mulla Sadra and the Transcendent Theosophy. In this article, Corbin analyzes Mulla Sadra along the continuum of the Islamic philosophical tradition and the nexus between rational thought, mystical intuition, and spiritual experience, showing how Sadrian wisdom can be understood as one of the most significant manifestations of spiritual philosophy in the Islamic world.
In this piece, while introducing the importance of Corbin’s research on Iranian-Islamic philosophy, Mojtahedi points to his particular method of reading thinkers such as Mulla Sadra; a method that emphasizes the presence of esoteric, spiritual, and hermeneutical elements in Islamic philosophy. This article also provides a basis for familiarization with the place of Transcendent Theosophy in contemporary philosophical studies and Corbin’s role in introducing this tradition to Western audiences.
Source: Karim Mojtahedi, “Mulla Sadra as Narrated by Henry Corbin,” Kheradnameh-ye Sadra, nos. 8 & 9, 1997.