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Mulla Sadra is interesting as a Platonic existensionalist who makes a very similar critique to Heidegger that earlier, in his case Illuminationists, had mistaken being as essence and not being as existence. This work directly compares Heidegger and Sadra and the commonality of their onto-epistemology of knowledge as a disclosure/unveiling of being.
>Sadradin Shirazi (1571-1640), known also as Mulla Sadra, spoke of the primacy of Being and promoted a new ontology, founding a new epistemology. Mulla Sadra's ontology is an important philosophical turn and contribution to the understanding of the development of Muslim philosophy and thought. This comprehensive study of Mulla Sadra's philosophical thought explores his departure from tradition; his turn to the doctrine of the primacy of Being; the dynamic characteristics of Being and the concept of substantial change; comparisons with Heidegger's fundamental ontology; and the influence of Mulla Sadra's ontology on subsequent Muslim philosophy