#Intisharat_e_mawla published the works of Muhammad Husayn Fazil-e Tuni (1880-1960), a famous teacher of Arabic literature and philosophy in #Tehran whose students include Javadi Amoli, Hasanzadeh Amoli as well as the historian of Persian literature Zabihollah Safa (1911-1999)1/
After studies in Arabic literature, grammar and rhetoric at Madrasa-ye Navvab #Mashhad, he moved #Isfahan where he studied with Jahangir Khan Qashqai (1827-1910), Shaykh 'Abdullah Gulpayigani & Mirza Muhammad Husayn Fisharaki (d. 1932) the latter students of Akhund Khurasani 2/
After 11 years in Isfahan he moved to Tehran in around 1908 to study with Mirza Hashim Ashkivari (d. 1914) the texts of the #IbnArabiSchool and #Asfar of #MullaSadra and after his death he took his classes at Dar al-Shifa madrasa 4/
Once the new Teacher Training College and the Faculty of Letters and Theology opened at #TehranUniversity in 1934 and 1935, he began teaching Arabic Literature and Philosophy where he was a popular teacher 5/
His published works reflect his teaching - textbooks on Arabic grammar and on #KalilawaDimna as well as a #Persian translation of the #DeCaelo of #Avicenna in collaboration with Mohamad Ali Forughi (1877-1942) 6/
As is common in the teaching of the text, the glosses only cover the 12 chapters of the #Muqaddima as does the later work of #Ashtiyani and #HasanzadehAmoli and a post-#MullaSadra reading of the text 8/
#Hikmat_e_qadim begins with a fourfold division of paths to certainty: that of the philosopher, the theologian, the Sufi and the mystic (ʿarif) and the #Aristotelian distinction of theoretical and practical philosophy 9/
But the main body is a presentation of #NaturalPhilosophy or physics following the school of #Avicenna, rehearsing issues such as the refutation of #atomism and brings in elements of his knowledge of #maths as well as #DeAnima 10/
the #DeAnima section follows #MullaSadra doctrine on the origins and end of the soul and its afterlife 11/
the text on #Metaphysics follows #MullaSadra on metaphysics of common notions, philosophical theology, and category theory; the last section is on #MullaSadraSchool and has some useful notes of the publication of the works and teachers of the school in #Tehran 12/
Finally his work based on his classes on #logic is published that works well as a textbook starting with definitions of logic and the #Isagoge and the five #Porphyrian predicables and moving onto definitions 13/
Followed by proof theory, the syllogistic - so following a traditional structure but without the #ModalLogic - another easy to follow textbook 14/
These works do not represent advanced levels of commentary and presentation but they are accessible works in #Persian for someone who wants to acquaint themselves with tradition of #philosophy and #mysticism in the #ShiiSeminary 15/
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In a recent article on the canonisation of the #Nahj_al_Balāgha, Aun Hasan Ali cites the words of the eminent authority of contemporary #Shii_Islam Sayyid ʿAlī Sīstānī that advises believers to read this famous collection from the 11th century - a thread on the Nahj 1/
While there is little doubt that the Nahj is popular in contemporary Shii households and lives - and increasingly also among Zaydī and Ismaili Shiʿa as well - how did it attain its status as the pre-eminent text after the Qurʾan since it is not normally considered canonical? 3/
Any consideration of a #decolonial approach to #philosophy must engage with #Africana philosophy - but what is often occluded in that is the #Islamic element 1/
@HistPhilosophy with @ChikeJeffers has done an excellent job in introducing many to #Africana philosophy and let’s hope they continue to flourish 2/
A number of works have recently appeared that are relevant to our understanding of the Muslim element in that often focused on #WestAfrica 3/
The influence of Immanuel Kant on modern philosophy cannot be underestimated - a thread on #Kant in #Iran
Often in academic departments of philosophy (#analytic but also beyond) #Kant is the key figure if the modern period 2/
He represents a systematic approach to philosophy, to metaphysics, ethics, and much beyond covering theoretical and practical philosophy displacing #Aristotle 3/
Much of his career was in #MuslimChristian understanding partly influenced by his own biography - born into a #Shii family in Qana in Southern Lebanon in 1935 and converting to Protestantism 2/
With the recent passing of Āgha-ye Ḥasanzādeh Āmulī, mention was made of his teacher Mīrzā Abūʾl-Ḥasan Shaʿrānī (1903-1973) whom most Iranians know through his translation of the Qurʾan - a 🧵
In terms of his scholarly family background, his father was a descendant of Fatḥollāh Kāshānī, author of the 16th century #QurʾanExegesis Manhaj al-ṣādiqayn, and his maternal grandfather was Navvāb-e Tehrānī, author of the literary Shiʿi martyrology Fayż al-dumūʿ 1/
Shaʿrānī trained in the seminary, first at the Madrasa-ye Khān Marvī with important philosophers such as Mīrzā Mahdi Āshtiyānī (1888-1953), one of the first to teach university students as well, and Mīrzā Maḥmūd Qummī (d. 1925), a specialist on the school of #IbnʿArabī 2/
The seminarian philosopher and polymath Āqā-ye Ḥasan Ḥasanzāde Āmolī (b. 1307Sh/1928) passed away yesterday 25 September 2021 - a 🧵 on his life and works #ShiiPhilosophy#mysticism#ʿerfān#ḥekmat
As his name suggests, he was born in Āmol and began his seminary studies there and only moved to Tehran as a young man in 1950 to continue his studies 2/
In Tehran, he studied philosophy and mysticism with a major teacher at the Madrasa-ye Marvī, Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī Āmolī (1887-1971) best known for his work on #Avicennism and his glosses on Sharḥ al-manẓūme of Hādī Sabzavārī (d. 1873) 3/