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Henry Corbin

1903 - 1978

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Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978) was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional Islamic philosophy from early falsafa to later and "mystical" figures such as Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi, and Mulla Sadra Shirazi. With works such as Histoire de la philosophie islamique (1964), he challenged the common European view that philosophy in the Islamic world declined after Averroes and Avicenna. Born into a Protestant family in Paris in April 1903, Corbin received a Catholic education, obtaining a certificate in Scholastic philosophy from the Catholic Institute of Paris at age 19. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Corbin is the 524th most popular philosopher (up from 564th in 2019), the 1,611th most popular biography from France (up from 1,774th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Henry Corbin ranks 524 out of 1,267. Before him are Ananda Coomaraswamy, Louis Couturat, William of Champeaux, Eduard Spranger, Émile Chartier, and Shen Buhai. After him are Hans Blumenberg, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Abraham Isaac Kook, and Zhou Dunyi.

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Among people born in 1903, Henry Corbin ranks 76. Before him are Sadegh Hedayat, Fritz Bauer, Waldemar Hoven, Kim Chaek, Maria Reiche, and Johannes Heesters. After him are Werner Best, Bob Hope, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Charlotte Perriand, Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Heinz Reinefarth. Among people deceased in 1978, Henry Corbin ranks 51. Before him are Ida Noddack, Keith Moon, Harvey Milk, Georgi Markov, Ignazio Silone, and Wadie Haddad. After him are Sisavang Vatthana, Burt Munro, Tetsu Katayama, Pablo Dorado, Carlo Scarpa, and Prince Nicholas of Romania.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 1,611 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Gallieni (1849), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179), André Charles Boulle (1642), Hugh of Cluny (1024), and Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836). After him are Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Miou-Miou (1950), François de Malherbe (1555), Isabella of Valois (1389), Laurent Fabius (1946), and Caesarius of Arles (470).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 73. Before him are Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Pierre Duhem (1861), Guillaume Budé (1467), Louis Couturat (1868), William of Champeaux (1070), and Émile Chartier (1868). After him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Gersonides (1288), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), and Paul Nizan (1905).

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