Iranian thinker
Mulla Sadra
Mulla SadraIslamic PhilosophyIranian1571–1640
Existence is the sole true reality in the external world, while quiddities are merely mental concepts and boundaries formed to comprehend it.
Life and Thought
Mulla Sadra, known as Sadr al-Muta'allihin, is a philosopher and divine sage of the 11th century AH and the founder of the Transcendent Theosophy school; a school that brought together philosophy, mysticism, and religious teachings into a single philosophical system.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures12 titles
Transcendent Theosophy in the Four Journeys of the Intellect, commonly known as the Four Journeys
Divine Witnesses
al-Mabda' wa al-Ma'ad
The Book of Inner Feelings
The Wisdom of the Throne (al-Ḥikma al-ʿArshiyya)
Commentary on Usul al-Kafi
Interpretation of the Holy Quran
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb (Keys to the Unseen)
Kasr al-Asnam al-Jahiliyyah
Three Principles
Treatise on the Resurrection
Treatise on the Union of the Intellecting Subject and the Intelligible Object
