PHILOSOPHER

Ibn al-Rawandi

827 - 911

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Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi (Arabic: أبو الحسن أحمد بن يحيى بن إسحاق الراوندي), commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi (Arabic: ابن الراوندي;‎ 827–911 CE), was a scholar and theologian. In his early days, he was a Mu'tazilite scholar, but then rejected the Mu'tazilite doctrine. Afterwards, he became a Shia scholar; there is some debate about whether he stayed a Shia until his death or became a skeptic, though most sources confirm his eventual rejection of all religion and becoming an atheist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Rawandi has received more than 311,275 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ibn al-Rawandi is the 488th most popular philosopher (down from 451st in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Afghanistan and the 2nd most popular Afghan Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibn al-Rawandi ranks 488 out of 1,267. Before him are Madhvacharya, Agrippa the Skeptic, Yi Hwang, Norberto Bobbio, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Themistius. After him are Anaxarchus, Murray Bookchin, Sivananda Saraswati, Carl Stumpf, Karl-Otto Apel, and Pierre Duhem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 827, Ibn al-Rawandi ranks 1. After him are Emperor Montoku, and Ali ibn Muhammad. Among people deceased in 911, Ibn al-Rawandi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Sergius III, and Louis the Child. After him are Wifred II, Count of Barcelona, Pietro Tribuno, and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ibn al-Rawandi ranks 41 out of 177. Before him are Heracles of Macedon (-327), Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), and Menander I (-190). After him are Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), and Sher Ali Khan (1825).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Afghanistan

Among philosophers born in Afghanistan, Ibn al-Rawandi ranks 2. Before him are Al-Farabi (872). After him are Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760).

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