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Toshihiko Izutsu • The Fundamental Structure Of Sabzawari’s Metaphysics

Description: Haji Mulla Hadi Sabzawari, the thinker whose metaphysical doctrine we shall study in this work, was by common agreement the greatest Persian philosopher of the nineteenth century. At the same time ...

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Haji Mulla Hadi Sabzawari, the thinker whose metaphysical doctrine we shall study in this work, was by common agreement the greatest Persian philosopher of the nineteenth century. At the same time he was among the first-rate Sufi masters of the age. The fact that Sabzawari was a great philosophere-mystic of nineteenth century Iran is itself, alone, of great significance to all who are interested in the history of Islamic thought. It will be of even greater importance for the many who have grown dissatisfied with the existing so-called “histories of Muslim philosophy” in both European languages and Arabic.