Hikmat al-muta‘aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a لحکمه المتعالیه فی الاسفار العقلیه الاربعه

Persia (Iran). c.1709. Binding: contemporary full black morocco, flat spine., Notes: The Transcendent Philosophy of the Four Journeys of the Intellect, known as Four Journeys, is an extended compendium of Islamic philosophy written by the 17th century Islamic scholar, Mulla Sadra. The book explains his philosophy of transcendent theosophy. It was first published in print in 1865 in Tehran in four volumes, where it was accompanied by a commentary on three of the volumes by Hadi Sabzavari (1797–1893). To date, no notable, critical English translation of the book has been made.

Mulla Sadrā (Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī) (c.1571 CE–1640 CE), was an Iranian Shia Islamic philosopher, theologian and ‘Ālim (scholar). He was a prominent figure in the Iranian cultural renaissance of the 17th century. Oliver Leaman of the University of Kentucky calls Mulla Sadra "the most important and influential philosopher of the last four hundred years in the Muslim world". Mulla Sadra's writing style is analytical and critical.

, Size: 8vo., , Illustration: Text on creamy gloss paper, 336 leaves, 24 lines to the page, text in black and red ink, in Naskhi script, marginal notes in period handwriting., Category: Book Manuscript; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Philosophy;. Item #B6268

Binding: contemporary full black morocco, flat spine., Notes: The Transcendent Philosophy of the Four Journeys of the Intellect, known as Four Journeys, is an extended compendium of Islamic philosophy written by the 17th century Islamic scholar, Mulla Sadra. The book explains his philosophy of transcendent theosophy. It was first published in print in 1865 in Tehran in four volumes, where it was accompanied by a commentary on three of the volumes by Hadi Sabzavari (1797–1893). To date, no notable, critical English translation of the book has been made.

Mulla Sadrā (Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī) (c.1571 CE–1640 CE), was an Iranian Shia Islamic philosopher, theologian and ‘Ālim (scholar). He was a prominent figure in the Iranian cultural renaissance of the 17th century. Oliver Leaman of the University of Kentucky calls Mulla Sadra "the most important and influential philosopher of the last four hundred years in the Muslim world". Mulla Sadra's writing style is analytical and critical.

, Size: 8vo., , Illustration: Text on creamy gloss paper, 336 leaves, 24 lines to the page, text in black and red ink, in Naskhi script, marginal notes in period handwriting., Category: Book Manuscript; Book Asia Middle East Iran; Book Philosophy;.

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