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A Hesitant First Reception A Hesitant First Reception
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The Case of Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī The Case of Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī
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An Anonymous Contribution An Anonymous Contribution
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The Cautious Commentators from Shiraz The Cautious Commentators from Shiraz
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An Uncommitted Commentator: Jalāl al-Dīn Dawānī An Uncommitted Commentator: Jalāl al-Dīn Dawānī
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Enthusiast and Critic in One: Ghiyāth al-Dīn Dashtakī Enthusiast and Critic in One: Ghiyāth al-Dīn Dashtakī
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Najm al-Dīn Nayrīzī Najm al-Dīn Nayrīzī
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Nayrīzī’s Critique on the World of Image Nayrīzī’s Critique on the World of Image
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Eschatology in Nayrīzī’s Commentary Eschatology in Nayrīzī’s Commentary
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Harawī Harawī
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An Alternative from Mullā Ṣadrā An Alternative from Mullā Ṣadrā
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Between Resurrection and Metempsychosis Between Resurrection and Metempsychosis
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An Empty World of Image An Empty World of Image
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5 Suhrawardī’s Lukewarm Commentators
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Published:May 2017
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Abstract
The corpus of Suhrawardī inspired dozens of commentaries, written all over the Islamic world, as early as half a century after him until as late as only half a century ago. Scholars have interpreted this to mean there is a ‘school of illumination’, made up of enthusiastic followers of Suhrawardī’s ideas. This chapter shows this is not the case, with regard to the notion of suspended images and the world of image. The first 150 years after Suhrawardī marks the first wave of reception. In this period, many thinkers mentioned Suhrawardī’s ideas without committing to it. The period closes with an anonymous epistle that offers many points of critique on Suhrawardī. The second period consists of thinkers associated with Shiraz around the turn of the 16th century. All of them bring forth criticism and in the end do not accept Suhrawardī’s thinking as their own position. The chapter closes with the way Mullā Ṣadrā, a thinker from the 17th century who was foundational for modern Shi’ism, uses Suhrawardī’s ideas in an entirely novel way.
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