He held various academic positions in homeland, including vice-chancellor at capital University and President of Aryamehr University, and established the Imperial Academy of Philosophy at the request of Empress Farah Pahlavi, which soon became one of the most prominent centers of philosophical activity in the Islamic world. During his time in Iran, he studied with several traditional masters of Islamic philosophy and sciences.
The 1979 revolution forced him to exile with his family to the United States, where he has lived and taught Islamic sciences and philosophy ever since, establishing himself as one of the world’s leading representatives of the Islamic philosophical tradition and the perennialist school of thought.Nasr’s works are characterized by a persistent critique of modern sciences as well as a defense of Islamic and perennialist doctrines and principles.
