School of Isfahan
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The Isfahan School (Persian: مكتب اصفهان ) is a school of Islamic philosophy. It was founded by Mir Damad and reached its fullest development in the work of Mulla Sadra.[1][2] The name was coined by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Henry Corbin.[1]
Because of the attention of
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This school of thought began to develop once Iran was economically and politically stable. The
Founder
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Mir Fendereski
Mir Abul Qasim Fendereski was a peripatetic philosopher and follower of
Shaykh-i Baha’i
Shaykh-i Baha’i was one of the three masters of Mulla Sadra, worked in the Isfahan school, and served as chief jurist on the Safavid Court.[11] Like many Islamic scholars of the era, he was both a scientist and a man of wisdom; like Mir Damad and Mir Fendereski, he was skilled in several sciences. At the time, he attempted to harmonize the relationship between Shariah and Tariqah.[12] He coined the term Hikmate Yamani (wisdom of believing.) He believed that humans were the only being capable of intelligence in a philosophy called "The Place of Illumination for Existence".[13]
Philosophers of Mir Damad's School
- Sayyed Ahmad Alavi
- Shams Addin Muhammad Gilani
- Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji
- Qutb Addin Muhammad Eshkevari
Philosophers of Shaykh-i Baha’i's School
- Mulla Sadra
- Mohsen Fayz Kashani
- Mirza Rafiaa Naeini
Philosophers of Mir Fendereski's School
- Agha Hosein Khansari
- Muhammad Baqir Sabzevari
Philosophers of Rajab Ali Tabrizi's school
- Qazi Saeed Qomi
- Mir Qavam Addin Razi
- Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani
Other philosophers of Isfahan School
- Mulla Muhammad Sadiq Ardestan
- Muhammad Ismaeil Khajouei
- Molla Naima Taleghani
- Abdu Al Rahim Damavandi
- Agha Muhammad Bid Abadi
- Mulla Mahdi Naraqi
- Mulla Ali Nuri
- Mulla Nazar Ali gilani
- Molla Esmaeel Isfahani
- Molla Abdollah Zonuzi
- Molla hadi Sabzevari
- Molla Muhammad Esmaeel Darb Koushki
- Molla Muhammad Kashani
- Jahangir khan Qashqaei
References
- ^ a b c "ISFAHAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY – Encyclopædia Iranica". Iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ Aminrazavi, Mehdi (2016). "Mysticism in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy". In Edward N. Zalta (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2016 ed.).
- ^ (Andrew Newman 2006, p. 90)
- ^ (Rula Jurdi Abisaab 2004, p. 79)
- ^ (Roger savory 2007, p. 217)
- ^ ISBN 9780791481554. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
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- ^ (Modarresi Motlaq & 1389 solar, pp. 42–47)
Sources
- Andrew J. Newman, Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire, Issue 5 of Library of Middle East History, Publisher I.B.Tauris, 2006, ISBN 1860646670, 9781860646676
- Rula Jurdi Abisaab, Converting Persia: Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire, Volume 1 of International Library of Iranian Studies, I.B.Tauris, 2004, 186064970X, 9781860649707
- Roger Savory, Iran Under the Safavids, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 0521042518, 9780521042512
Further reading
- Esots, Janis (2021). Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran: The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz. I.B. Tauris. pp. 1–280. ISBN 978-0755644919.
- Encyclopædia Iranica: Isfahan School of Philosophy.