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Work #1660 · Mid-to-late

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Mulla Sadra (Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi)
c. 17th century (mid-to-late career) · Arabic
Arabic philosophical-theological treatise · Transcendent Theosophy (al-Ḥikma al-Mutaʿāliya) / Twelver Shiʿi Islamic philosophy

Mulla Sadra's 'Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya' — major philosophical-theological treatise on the divine witnesses

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Attribute Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya (Mid-to-late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Emergent
Space · Curvature Curved
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Non-conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Non-conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Mid-to-late 17th century.

Space

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Shiraz / Qom.

Matter

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Major Arabic philosophical-theological treatise.

Observer

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Mid-to-late Mulla Sadra.

Energy

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Mature Sadrian-systematic energies.

Information

Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Single substantial treatise.

Internal Tensions

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Al-Shawāhid al-Rubūbiyya

Mid-length Sadrian systematic work, intermediate between Mashāʿir and Asfār.