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KŪKAI VS SUHRAWARDI
Kūkai
774–835
At the edge of what language can hold.
Suhrawardi
1154–1191
The eternal pattern beneath the changing surface.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Kūkai and Suhrawardi are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Practical OrientationΔ 2 / 10Kūkai: 8/10Suhrawardi: 6/10
somewhat (2/10): Kūkai is oriented toward what helps a life go well in practice; Suhrawardi foregrounds other priorities.
- Vital AffirmationΔ 1 / 10Kūkai: 7/10Suhrawardi: 6/10
somewhat (1/10): Kūkai affirms life as it is more readily; Suhrawardi qualifies that affirmation.
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1 / 10Kūkai: 8/10Suhrawardi: 7/10
somewhat (1/10): Kūkai treats inherited tradition as a source of wisdom; Suhrawardi is readier to question it.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Sovereign Selfgap 0 / 10Kūkai: 5/10Suhrawardi: 5/10
Both register moderate sovereign self.
- Trust in Experiencegap 0 / 10Kūkai: 6/10Suhrawardi: 6/10
Both register moderate trust in experience.
- Trust in Reasongap 0 / 10Kūkai: 6/10Suhrawardi: 6/10
Both register moderate trust in reason.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 1
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 1
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 1
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 1
- Practical OrientationΔ 2
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1
- Self as IllusionΔ 1
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 1
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 1
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 0
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1
- Vital AffirmationΔ 1
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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