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Foundational reading (al-Jili as systematizer)

The foundational English-language reading (Nicholson): al-Jili is the great systematizer of the Perfect-Human doctrine he inherits from the Akbarian tradition -- the four Illuminations and the microcosm-mirror.

Reynold A. Nicholson

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• Reynold A. Nicholsonengine

  the foundational reading: al-Jili systematizes the inherited Perfect-Human idea (the four Illuminations, the microcosm-mirror)

  on al-Insan al-Kamil -- the Perfect Human (al-Jili)