Mulla Sadra Quotes
Mulla Sadra was a Persian Shia Islamic philosopher and the most important figure of the Iranian School of Isfahan. Synthesizing Avicennan philosophy, Suhrawardi's illuminationism, and the Sufism of Ibn Arabi, he developed what he called transcendent theosophy. The quotes below are attributed to Mulla Sadra, organized by topic.
Mulla Sadra on Mind
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Attributed to Mulla Sadra:
“The soul is corporeal in its origination but spiritual in its subsistence.”
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Attributed to Mulla Sadra:
“Knowledge of the soul is the key to the knowledge of the Lord.”
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Attributed to Mulla Sadra:
“The intelligible world is in the soul, and the soul is in the intelligible world.”
Mulla Sadra on Nature
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Attributed to Mulla Sadra:
“Existence is in continuous motion, becoming more intense.”
Mulla Sadra on Truth
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Attributed to Mulla Sadra:
“Existence is the only reality; quiddity is an abstraction of the mind.”