Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran : The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz /: The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Janis Esots.
• Authors: Esots, Janis
• Contents: IntroductionChapter 1. School of Isfahan I: Mir Damad's 'Wisdom of the Right Side'Mir Damad's Life and WorksPhilosophical DoctrineMetaphysics I. Making the QuidditiesMetaphysics II. Perpetuity and Perpetual InceptionPhysics: Perpetuity and MotionPsychology and EschatologyChapter 2. The Gnostic of Shiraz: Mulla Sadra's 'Transcendent Wisdom'Mulla Sadra's Life and WorksKey Elements of the DoctrineThe Principality of Existence in respect to QuidditySystematic Ambiguity of ExistenceSubstantial MotionEschatologySummary of Sadra's Doctrine: Eleven PremisesAddendum. Sadra and the StoicsChapter 3. School of Isfahan II: The Apophatic Wisdom of Rajab 'Ali TabriziRajab 'Ali Tabrizi's Life and WorksPivotal Tenets: Principality of Thing and Homonymy of Existence'Ali Quli bin Qarachaghay Khan –The Perfecter of Tabrizi's DoctrineChapter 4. A Comparative Analysis of the DoctrinesMir Damad and Mulla Sadra, Mir Damad and Rajab 'Ali TabriziMulla Sadra and Rajab 'Ali TabriziConclusionBibliography.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: Islamic studies; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Religion -- Islam -- Shi'a; Social Science -- Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780755644933
• Related ISBNs: 075564493X; 9780755644902
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