ABSTRACT
The advent of the “School of Iṣfahān” 1 in the tenth/sixteenth century, and in particular the teachings of its distinguished member Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī known as Mullā Ṣadrā, 2 was a turning point in the history of Islamic philosophy in Persia. The outpouring during the Ṣafavid dynasty of philosophical activities, which went through a period of decline in the following period, was once again revived by the sages of the Qājār period 3 in the thirteenth/nineteenth century, in particular Mullā ‘All Nūrī, Mullā Ismā‘īl Khājū’ī and Ḥājjī Mullā Hādī Sabziwārī. 4 The philosophical activities in the fourteenth/twentieth century in Iran should therefore be viewed in the light of the influence of the teachings of the grand master of the School of Iṣfahān, Mullā Ṣadrā, and his illustrious commentators and revivers, such as Ḥajjī Mullā Hādī Sabziwārī. 5
