PHILOSOPHER

Ibn al-Nafis

1212 - 1289

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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī (Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي ), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (Arabic: ابن النفيس), was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood. The work of Ibn al-Nafis regarding the right sided (pulmonary) circulation pre-dates the later work (1628) of William Harvey's De motu cordis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Nafis has received more than 641,971 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ibn al-Nafis is the 261st most popular philosopher (down from 245th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Syria (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Philosopher.

Ibn al-Nafis was a physician and scientist from the 13th century. He is most famous for his discovery of the pulmonary circulation, which states that blood flows from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs where it is oxygenated and then to the left ventricle of the heart where it is pumped out to the rest of the body.

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  • 3.60

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 261 out of 1,267. Before him are Hugh of Saint Victor, Anacharsis, Isaiah Berlin, Shen Kuo, William Godwin, and Speusippus. After him are Nicole Oresme, Hans Jonas, Ammonius Saccas, Jerome of Prague, Raymond Aron, and Abraham ibn Ezra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1212, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 1. After him are Isabella II of Jerusalem, Emperor Go-Horikawa, Zita, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq, Archambaud IX of Bourbon, and Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1289, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 1. After him are Ugolino della Gherardesca, Leo II, King of Armenia, Giovanni Dandolo, Rudrama Devi, and John I Doukas of Thessaly.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 26 out of 210. Before him are Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), John Climacus (579), Iamblichus (245), Aemilius Papinianus (142), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Al-Adil I (1145). After him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Romanos the Melodist (490), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Yazid II (687), Avidius Cassius (130), and Al-Walid II (706).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 3. Before him are John of Damascus (676), and Iamblichus (245). After him are Damascius (480), Numenius of Apamea (200), and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899).

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