Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being

ISBN-13: 9780415490733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 240 str.

Sajjad H. Rizvi

Opis

Mulla Sadra is, alongside Avicenna, probably the most important Islamic philosopher. In this exploration of his metaphysics the author examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and makes a major contribution to the study of Mulla Sadra and the intellectual life of the Safavid period.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Methodological concerns  2. The Modulation of Being  3. The semantics of modulation of being  4. Mental Being  5. Reality and the Circle of being.  Conclusion

O autorze

Sajjad H. Rizvi is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre of Islamic Philosophy at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, specialising in Islamic philosophical and hermeneutical traditions.