Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran
The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz
$49.99
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2022
Summary
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’ ren…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755644919 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755644913 |
| Author: | Janis Esots |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 457g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 154mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Shi'i Heritage Series |
Janis Esots
Janis Esots is a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK and Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Latvia, Latvia. His research focuses on Ismaili thought and the so-called ‘philosophical school of Isfahan’ (Mulla Sadra, Mir Damad, and Rajab ‘Ali Tabrizi). He is the managing editor of Encyclopedia Islamica and the editor of the Islamic Philosophy Yearbook, Ishraq.
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