Abstract

This book aims at providing a comparative study of the accounts of the relationship between essence and existence which are provided by Sadra and Hegel respectively. Sadra is presented as having a project that is similar in scope to Hegel's own. The author argues that Sadra's philosophical project centers around his rejection of the essentialism which was predominant in Islamic philosophy during the classical period. Sadra is presented as engaging with the main movements in the history of Islamic philosophy, i.e., Speakers, neo-Platonic, Aristotelian, and Illuminationist, with the aim of overcoming their limitations. In much the same way that Hegel engaged with the history of ancient Greek and modern European philosophy.