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PHILOSOPHER

Al-Ash'ari

873 - 936

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Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْأَشْعَرِيّ, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī; 874–936 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist of the Shafi'i school, exegete, reformer, and scholastic theologian known for being the eponymous founder of the Ash'ari school of Islamic theology. Al-Ash'ari was notable for taking an intermediary position between the two diametrically opposed schools of Islamic theology prevalent at the time: Atharism and Mu'tazilism. He primarily opposed the Mu'tazili theologians who advocated the use of rationalism in theological debate and believed the Quran was created, as opposed to uncreated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Ash'ari has received more than 178,919 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Al-Ash'ari is the 203rd most popular philosopher (up from 254th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

Al-Ash'ari is most famous for his belief that the Qur'an was created, not eternal.

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  • 67.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Ash'ari ranks 203 out of 1,081. Before him are George Herbert Mead, Paulo Freire, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Apollonius of Tyana, Gabriel Marcel, and Diogenes of Apollonia. After him are Rudolf Carnap, Jean-François Lyotard, Moses Mendelssohn, Julia Kristeva, Marsilius of Padua, and Hasan al-Basri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 873, Al-Ash'ari ranks 1. After him are Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Ordoño II of León, and Al-Tabarani. Among people deceased in 936, Al-Ash'ari ranks 3. Before him are Henry the Fowler and Pope John XI. After him are Rudolph of France and Boso, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Ash'ari ranks 41 out of 338. Before him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Eber (-2038), Möngke Khan (1209), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971). After him are Enheduanna (-2300), Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), and Al-Jahiz (775).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Al-Ash'ari ranks 2. Before him are Al-Kindi (801). After him are Al-Jahiz (775), Abu Yusuf (731), Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), and Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932).

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