KNOWLEDGE IN LATER ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY C

This study looks at Mulla Sadra's attempt to reconcile the three major forms of knowledge in Islamic philosophical discourses: revelation (Qur'an) demonstration (burhan) and gnosis or intuitive knowledge ('irfan). In his grand synthesis Mulla Sadra bases his epistemological considerations on a robust analysis of existence and its modalities. For Sadra in knowing things we unveil an aspect of existence and thus engage with the countless modalities and colours of the all-inclusive reality of existence.