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He was born in Shiraz, Iran. He traveled first to Qazvin (1591) and then to Isfahan (1597) to study philosophy, theology, hadith and tafsir. He was a student of Mir Damad and Bahaüddin Amili in these cities, which are important centers of Twelver Shiism.
After completing his education in Isfahan, he wrote his work called Esfar'ul Erbaa (Four Campaigns), which reveals his philosophy and reflects the influence of his experiences gained from the fifteen years of ascetic life he spent in the village called Kahak, near the city of Qom in Iran.
Molla Sadra, who is considered by Iranians as the greatest philosopher of their country, founded the Hikmet'ul Mutealiye (Transcendental Wisdom) school by bringing together rationalism and intuitionism. Molla Sadra's philosophy was influenced by Ibn Sina's peripateticism, Suhrawardi's Ishraki philosophy, Muhyiddin Arabi's theoretical wisdom school and Twelver Imam Shi'ism. In his works, he tried to bring together the rationalist, intuitionist and religious schools in the Islamic world of thought in a different synthesis.
Towards the end of his life he returned to Shiraz. He was accused of heresy by some theologians of the Twelver Imam Shiism, such as the Muhammad Copper Council, but he was able to continue writing due to the power of the family he belonged to. His life ended in Basra when he set out for pilgrimage and he was buried in the lands that belong to today's Iraq.