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References
- 1 2 ( Nasr 2006 , p. 195)
- ↑ "QĀŻI SAʿID QOMI". iranicaonline.org.
Works cited
- Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2006). Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-6799-2.
