Mulla Hamzah Gilani

Mulla Hamzah Gilani (Persian: ملا حمزه گیلانی; d.1134 lunar) was an Iranian shia philosopher in the end of twelfth century of lunar.He was one of the pupil of Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani.[1]

life

He was come from Gilan province but most of his life has been passed in Isfahan because of this, he also called as isfahani.[2] It is not clear when he was born but according to Hazin lahiji, Molla Hamzeh died around 1134 lunar Hijrah.[3] there is little information about his life in the main sources.

education

He was one of the best pupils of Ardestani. However he was skillful in Islamic philosophy even in the period of his teacher.Ashtyani knows him among philosophers who try to continue the philosophy of Molla sadra and also endeavor to defend of it versus critics.[4] He counted as one of the important philosophers of Isfahan school.

Works

He left some works both in Peripatetic philosophy and also about philosophy of Mulla Sadra. Some of his works are:

Mulla Hamzeh had written the book of Hikamte Sadeqiyah in which he reported the philosophical courses of Ardestani.

See also

References

Recourses

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