Mullā Ṣadrā and the Project of Transcendent Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4299747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhammad U Faruque (0000-0001-8138-4787, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-14 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rec3.12190 |
| OpenAlex | W2291778258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this study, we have endeavored to elucidate the 'project' of Mullā Ṣadrā's transcendent philosophy (al-ḥikma al-mutaʿāliya), an expression that Ṣadrā himself saw fit to describe his philosophical works. The meaning and method of Ṣadrā's transcendent philosophy, which inform his unique philosophical positions, can be better understood when it is placed against the backdrop of discursive philosophy (ḥikma baḥthiyya) of the Muslim peripatetics (al-mashshāʾīn). In explaining the project of transcendent philosophy, Ṣadrā suggests that the mutaʿllih (deiform one) like any other ordinary philosopher builds theoretical models to describe the nature of reality and its diverse phenomena. However, what sets him/her apart from the latter is that he/she believes that through spiritual practices his/her soul can be transformed to the extent that he/she can attain presential knowledge (al-ʿilm al-ḥuḍūrī) of the reality of being (ḥaqīqat al-wujūd). That is, he/she can well penetrate the true essences (al-dhawāt) of things insofar as this is a possibility
Epistemology · Philosophical methodology · Soul · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |