Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran
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Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran

The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz

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Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran

The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz

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I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The exceptional intellectual richness of seventeenth-century Safavid Iran is epitomised by the philosophical school of Isfahan, and in particular by its ostensible founder, Mir Damad (d. 1631), and his great student Mulla Sadra (aka Sadr al-Din Shirazi, d. 1636). Equally important to the school is the apophatic wisdom of Rajab 'Ali Tabrizi that followed later (d. 1669/70). However, despite these philosophers' renown, the identification of the 'philosophical school of Isfahan' was only proposed in 1956, by the celebrated French Iranologist Henry Corbin, who noted the unifying Islamic Neoplatonist character of some 20 thinkers and spiritual figures; this grouping has subsequently remained unchallenged for some fifty years. In this highly original work, Janis Esots investigates the legitimacy of the term 'school', delving into the complex philosophies of these three major Shi'i figures and drawing comparisons between them. The author makes the case that Mulla Sadra's thought is independent and actually incompatible with the thoughts of Mir Damad and Rajab Ali Tabrizi. This not only presents a new way of thinking about how we understand the 'school of Isfahan', it also identifies Mir Damad and Rajab Ali Tabrizi as pioneers in their own right.

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2021
ISBN
9780755644933
Edition
1
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Historia de Oriente Medio

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. Note on the Text
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. School of Isfahan I: Mīr Dāmād’s Wisdom of the Right Side
  11. 2. The Gnostic of Shiraz: Mullā Ṣadrā and His Transcendent Wisdom
  12. 3. School of Isfahan II: The Apophatic Wisdom of Rajab ʿAlī Tabrīzī
  13. 4. The Doctrines of Mīr Dāmād, Mullā Ṣadrā, and Rajab ʿAlī Tabrīzī: A Comparative Analysis
  14. Conclusion
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Copyright