PHILOSOPHER

Kabir

1440 - 1518

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Kabir (1398–1518 CE): 14–15  was a well-known Indian mystic poet and sant. His verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Kabir Das, and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kabir has received more than 5,745,435 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Kabir is the 163rd most popular philosopher (down from 148th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from India (down from 27th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Kabir is most famous for his poetry, which was written in the 14th century. His poems were written in the Braj Bhasa dialect of Hindi. He was a Muslim by birth, but he was also influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism.

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  • 5.01

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kabir ranks 163 out of 1,267. Before him are John Rawls, Ferdinand Tönnies, John Wycliffe, Hippias, Chrysippus, and Sextus Empiricus. After him are Han Fei, Jean Buridan, Jean Baudrillard, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Max Horkheimer, and Cesare Beccaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Kabir ranks 3. Before him are Ivan III of Russia, and Ladislaus the Posthumous. After him are Hugo van der Goes, Diogo Cão, Sten Sture the Elder, Hartmann Schedel, Antonio Vivarini, Jorge Manrique, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Alain I of Albret, and Bartolomé Bermejo. Among people deceased in 1518, Kabir ranks 1. After him are Oruç Reis, Vannozza dei Cattanei, Pierre de la Rue, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Loyset Compère.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kabir ranks 36 out of 1,861. Before him are Adi Shankara (788), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Salman Khan (1965), and Brahmagupta (598). After him are Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Amir Khusrow (1253), Sita (null), and Alauddin Khalji (1266).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Kabir ranks 6. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), Swami Vivekananda (1863), and Adi Shankara (788). After him are Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893).

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