Do you know the great iranian philosopher, Suhrawardi?

Do you know the great philosopher Suhrawardi who was killed by Muslim extremists?

Suhrawardi was born in Iran in 1154. He learned jurisprudence in Maragheh (located in the East Azarbaijan province of Iran). He then went to Iraq and Syria for several years to develop his knowledge. His life spanned a period of less than forty years during which he produced a series of works that established him as the founder of a new school of philosophy called "Philosophy of Illumination" (hikmat al-ishraq). Like most philosophers he was often accused of heresy by Muslim extremists and was finally killed by them. [1] 

According to Suhrawardi, all of reality is nothing but light (nur) which possesses various degrees of intensity. In Suhrawardi's metaphysics, the Supreme Light is the source of all existence: The whole universe or all of creation is degrees of irradiation of this Light which shines everywhere while it itself remains immutable. [2]


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Sources:
[1] Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. CC BY SA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahab_al-Din_Yahya_ibn_Habash_Suhrawardi 

[2] Moris, Zalin. “Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra.”