Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being Contributor(s): Rizvi, Sajjad H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415490731 ISBN-13: 9780415490733 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Religion | Islam - General |
Dewey: 181.5 |
LCCN: 2008043527 |
Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mulla Sadra is one of the most important Islamic philosophers after Avicenna. In this exploration of his philosophy, Sajjad H. Rizvi examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and contextualises his work within the intellectual history of philosophical traditions in the Islamic East. Reading and critiquing the works of Mulla Sadra from an analytical perspective, this book pays particular attention to his text the Asfar, a work which, due to its complexity, is often overlooked. Looking at the concept of philosophy as a way of life and a therapeutic practice, this book explores the paradigm of the modulation of being in the philosophical method and metaphysics of Mulla Sadra and considers its different manifestations. Rizvi relates his philosophy to larger trends and provides a review of the field, charting and critiquing the discussion on the topic to date and exploring recent thought in this direction, to show how Sadrian thought was addressed well into the 19th and 20th centuries. This major contribution to the study of Mulla Sadra and the intellectual life of the Safavid period fills an important gap in the field of Sadra studies and Islamic philosophy, and is indispensable to students of philosophy, religion and Islamic studies, and Islamic philosophy in particular. |