Metaphysical Penetrations
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Şadrā represents a paradigm shift from the Aristotelian metaphysics of fixed substances, which had dominated Islamic philosophy, to an analysis of existence as the ultimate ground and dynamic source of things. He posits that all beings derive their reality and truth from their wujud and that a proper philosophical analysis must therefore start and eventually end with it. The present work’s focus on Şadrā’s gradational ontology provides a strong foundation for the reader to understand Şadrā’s other works and later texts by other philosophers working in the same field. This edition contains parallel English-Arabic texts and a new translation by preeminent scholar of Islamic philosophy Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Publication Information
Subject: Middle Eastern Studies
Publication Year: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0-8425-2839-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-8425-2839-9
Page Count: 320
Price: $ 39.95
Sub Site: Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
Imprint: Brigham Young University Press