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This book introduces the readers to the fascinating world of Mulla Sadra's thought, one of the most important figures of the later Islamic intellectual tradition. Sadra's 'Transcendent Wisdom' is based on the fundamental insight that all things derive their reality and truth from the all-inclusive reality of existence. Along the 'four journeys' of his philosophical quest, Sadra produces a world-picture that is a reflection of the infinite symphony of existence and its modalities. His penetrating deliberations on the human state and spiritual anthropology provide one of the most profound statements of the underlying unity between humans, the universe and the Divine. The book takes the reader through the elaborate and rich world of Sadra's intellectual journey and shows its relevance for today's philosophical issues in the Islamic and Western worlds.

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9780199451173

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Kalin is able to provide the general reader a concise and incisive reading of Sadra s ontological and epistemological theory, while simultaneously placing him within a complex network of texts, intellectual lineages and interlocutors...Kalin s book avoids the opacity that characterizes some writing on the history of Islamic philosophy while losing none of the precision or nuance: it will be useful for the specialist and nonspecialist alike.--Religious Studies Review

Kalin is able to provide the general reader a concise and incisive reading of Sadra s ontological and epistemological theory, while simultaneously placing him within a complex network of texts, intellectual lineages and interlocutors...Kalin s book avoids the opacity that characterizes some writing on the history of Islamic philosophy while losing none of the precision or nuance: it will be useful for the specialist and nonspecialist alike. --Religious Studies Review

Kalin is able to provide the general reader a concise and incisive reading of Sadra s ontological and epistemological theory, while simultaneously placing him within a complex network of texts, intellectual lineages and interlocutors...Kalin s book avoids the opacity that characterizes some writing on the history of Islamic philosophy while losing none of the precision or nuance: it will be useful for the specialist and nonspecialist alike.--Religious Studies Review

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Ibrahim Kalin, Deputy Undersecretary, Prime Minister's Office, Turkey. Former Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University, he was President, SETA Foundation.

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