Mulla Sadra
1571–1640
“Existence precedes essence. Reality of being intensifies through gradation. Trans-substantial motion.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- MRMystical Receptivity9 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive9 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- ProclusLIGHTHOUSE
Systematic Neoplatonism — every cause overflows itself; reality is graded triads.
- Nicholas of CusaLIGHTHOUSE
Learned ignorance. The coincidence of opposites. The infinite contains all finite.
- Ibn ArabiLIGHTHOUSE
Wahdat al-wujud — the unity of being. The world is God's self-manifestation. Imagination is creative.
- Nishida KitarōLIGHTHOUSE
Pure experience precedes the subject-object distinction. Place of nothingness as ground of being.
- DamasciusLIGHTHOUSE
Last head of the Athenian Academy — the Ineffable beyond even the One.
- John Scotus EriugenaLIGHTHOUSE
Periphyseon — God as the unfolding nature that creates itself.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Mulla Sadra's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Mulla Sadra or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREMulla Sadra vs ProclusOn Mull's map Proclus sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶