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Dariush Shayegan

1935 - 2018

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Dariush Shayegan (Persian: داریوش شایگان;‎ 24 January 1935 – 22 March 2018) was one of the most consequential thinkers of contemporary Iran and the Near East. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dariush Shayegan has received more than 80,722 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dariush Shayegan is the 1,169th most popular philosopher (down from 1,071st in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 338th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dariush Shayegan ranks 1,169 out of 1,267. Before him are Anthony Collins, Philip Pettit, Bernard Bosanquet, Jaegwon Kim, Lucien Sève, and Eric A. Havelock. After him are Pritilata Waddedar, Helene von Druskowitz, Yuval Steinitz, Eino Kaila, Max Black, and Bernard Lonergan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Dariush Shayegan ranks 369. Before him are Henning Enoksen, Dorothy Provine, Mel Ramos, Hubert Hahne, Heinz Schneiter, and Jimmy Makulis. After him are Ramsey Lewis, Peter Schickele, Leo Falcam, Philip Agee, Norbert Blüm, and David McKee. Among people deceased in 2018, Dariush Shayegan ranks 346. Before him are Madalena Iglésias, Anne V. Coates, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Mel Ramos, Warwick Estevam Kerr, and José Antonio Zaldúa. After him are Ray Wilkins, Mohammed Hazzaz, Leo Falcam, Daša Drndić, Glenn Branca, and Jóhann Jóhannsson.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Dariush Shayegan ranks 393 out of 631. Before him are Andranik Eskandarian (1951), Mehdi Taremi (1992), Ali Parvin (1946), Navid Negahban (1968), Ali Hatami (1944), and Nasser Hejazi (1949). After him are Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Zahra Rahnavard (1945), Shahram Nazeri (1950), Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (1939), Mohammad Mirmohammadi (1948), and Hadi Khosroshahi (1939).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Dariush Shayegan ranks 17. Before him are Al-Baydawi (1201), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Al-Taftazani (1322), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Hossein Nasr (1933), and Abdolkarim Soroush (1945). After him are Taraneh Javanbakht (1974).

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