Mullā Ṣadrā and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being (review)

[...] he argues that modulation is a hermeneutic concept that describes the threefold division of being and its gradation. [...] gradation and modulation occur in each mode of being. According to Rizvi, Sadra has extended the normal understanding of modulation and of being beyond the simple division...

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Published in:Philosophy East and West 2012, Vol.62 (2), p.278-280
Main Author: Arlington, Latimah-Parvin Peerwani
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Metaphysics
Nasir al-Din
Ontology
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Review articles
Semantics
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Summary:[...] he argues that modulation is a hermeneutic concept that describes the threefold division of being and its gradation. [...] gradation and modulation occur in each mode of being. According to Rizvi, Sadra has extended the normal understanding of modulation and of being beyond the simple division of the two realms of mental and concrete existence to bring out the semantics of being.
ISSN:0031-8221
1529-1898
1529-1898
DOI:10.1353/pew.2012.0024