PHILOSOPHER

Ibn Arabi

1165 - 1240

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Ibn ʿArabī (Arabic: ابن عربي, ALA-LC: Ibn ʻArabī‎; full name: أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻArabī al-Ṭāʼī al-Ḥātimī; 1165–1240) was an Andalusi Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influential within Islamic thought. Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic while over 400 are still extant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Arabi has received more than 2,824,231 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Ibn Arabi is the 62nd most popular philosopher (up from 76th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Ibn Arabi is most famous for his Sufi writings, which are considered to be some of the most influential writings in the Islamic world.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibn Arabi ranks 62 out of 1,267. Before him are Karl Popper, Zeno of Elea, Mikhail Bakunin, Epictetus, Herbert Spencer, and Michel de Montaigne. After him are Pliny the Elder, Gorgias, Edmund Husserl, Al-Kindi, Antonio Gramsci, and Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1165, Ibn Arabi ranks 1. After him are Philip II of France, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Berengaria of Navarre, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Albert of Riga, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Vukan Nemanjić, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, and Jean Bodel. Among people deceased in 1240, Ibn Arabi ranks 2. Before him is Fibonacci. After him are Razia Sultana, Raymond Nonnatus, Llywelyn the Great, Jacques de Vitry, Constance of Hungary, Konrad von Thüringen, Chormaqan, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Skule Bårdsson, and Hartmann, Count of Württemberg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Arabi ranks 22 out of 3,355. Before him are Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Francisco Pizarro (1478), Joanna of Castile (1479), and Joan Miró (1893). After him are Charles II of Spain (1661), Maimonides (1138), Francis Xavier (1506), Saint Lawrence (225), Philip IV of Spain (1605), and Teresa of Ávila (1515).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Ibn Arabi ranks 3. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), and Averroes (1126). After him are Ramon Llull (1232), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco Suárez (1548), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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