When1: 1180
When2: 1190
Who: Shihab al-Din Yahya Sohravardi [Sohravardi, Shihab al-Din Yahya] or Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash ibn Amirak Abu'l-Futuh al-Suhrawardi [al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash ibn Amirak Abu'l-Futuh] or Shihaboddin Yahya [Yahya, Shihaboddin] or al-Maqtul or Slain
What: philosopher
Where: Aleppo
works\ Intimations [1180 to 1190]
Detail: He lived 1154 to 1191 and founded Islamic, non-Aristotelian Illuminationist School.
Epistemology
Essential light inside objects and subjects allows perception and knowledge {illumination philosophy} {philosophy of illumination}.
Universal statements true now can be invalid in the future.
People can know object essence by special faculty {knowledge by presence}.
Sensations and reasons connect in middle world, which allows prophecy and magic {mundus imaginalis}.
Politics
Enlightened politics has rule by people with knowledge, power, and sense of justice.
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