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PHILOSOPHER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Corbin has received more than 310,450 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Henry Corbin is the 564th most popular philosopher (down from 532nd in 2019), the 1,780th most popular biography from France (down from 1,636th in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Henry Corbin ranks 564 out of 1,081. Before him are Ludwig Büchner, Jacques Ellul, Stein Rokkan, Étienne Balibar, Zengzi, and Karl Leonhard Reinhold. After him are Anaxarchus, James Ussher, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Eric Voegelin, Paul Virilio, and Zhang Daoling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Henry Corbin ranks 89. Before him are Charles W. Morris, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Walker Evans, Heinz Reinefarth, Yisrael Kristal, and Gregor Piatigorsky. After him are Watchman Nee, Florence Owens Thompson, Charlotte Perriand, Kim Chaek, Otto Abetz, and Anny Ondra. Among people deceased in 1978, Henry Corbin ranks 58. Before him are Arnold Hauser, Giovanni Gronchi, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Herbert Kappler, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, and Hubert Humphrey. After him are Tetsu Katayama, Jack L. Warner, Philibert Tsiranana, Jean Améry, Fernando Peyroteo, and Sisavang Vatthana.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 1,780 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles-André van Loo (1705), Louise Abbéma (1853), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Étienne Balibar (1942), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), and Michel Adanson (1727). After him are Nicolas Catinat (1637), Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947), François Périer (1919), Pierre Varignon (1654), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), and Charles Paul de Kock (1793).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 76. Before him are Victor Cousin (1792), Guillaume Budé (1467), Berengar of Tours (998), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), and Étienne Balibar (1942). After him are Paul Virilio (1932), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Jean Hyppolite (1907), and Pierre Charron (1541).

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