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Miskawayh

932 - 1030

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Ibn Miskawayh (Persian: مُسْکُـوْيَه Muskūyah, 932–1030), (Arabic: مِسْكَوَيْه، أبو علي محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب مسكويه الرازي) full name Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb Miskawayh al-Rāzī was a Persian chancery official of the Buyid era, and philosopher and historian from Parandak, Iran. As a Neoplatonist, his influence on Islamic philosophy is primarily in the area of ethics. He was the author of the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics entitled the Refinement of Character (تهذيب الأخلاق Tahdhīb al-Akhlāq), focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and the refinement of character. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miskawayh has received more than 124,663 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Miskawayh is the 247th most popular philosopher (up from 300th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Iran (up from 87th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Miskawayh was a 10th century Persian scholar who wrote a book on ethics and morality.

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  • 120k

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  • 66.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Miskawayh ranks 247 out of 1,267. Before him are Ivan Illich, Ernst Bloch, Orosius, Michael Psellos, Theano, and Iamblichus. After him are Andronicus of Rhodes, Guy Debord, Pelagius, Aśvaghoṣa, Padmasambhava, and Vladimir Solovyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 932, Miskawayh ranks 2. Before him is Pope Marinus II. After him are Sancho I of León, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Adalbert of Italy, At-Ta'i, Dong Yuan, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, and Abu Firas al-Hamdani. Among people deceased in 1030, Miskawayh ranks 3. Before him are Olaf II of Norway, and Mahmud of Ghazni. After him are Adalberon, William V, Duke of Aquitaine, Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, and Krešimir III of Croatia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Miskawayh ranks 76 out of 631. Before him are Shapur II (309), Babak Khorramdin (798), Bayazid Bastami (804), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), and Xerxes II of Persia (-500). After him are Gaykhatu (1300), Ismail II (1533), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Psamtik III (-590), and Tekuder (1247).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Miskawayh ranks 5. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), and Bayazid Bastami (804). After him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Mazdak (450), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892).

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