
HoP 185 - Follow the Leader - Philosophy under the Safavids
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Anirazi's Super Commentary on Sukhravadi
Anirazi's Shiism doesn't stop him from commenting on Sunni scholars. His broad-mindedness extends to his other interests, which show him moving towards the wider philosophical tastes of later Safavid thinkers. One area where he takes issue with Sukhravadi is political philosophy. Shiite thinkers tend to have a different approach to political legitimacy than Sunnis would.
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