932 - 1030
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 118,474 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Miskawayh is the 300th most popular philosopher (up from 346th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Iran (up from 100th 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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Among philosophers, Miskawayh ranks 300 out of 1,081. Before him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Aristoxenus, John Searle, Alfred Tarski, Cleanthes, and Johann Reuchlin. After him are Abraham ibn Ezra, Anne Sullivan, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Asanga, Hilary Putnam, and Speusippus.
1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 294
360 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 295
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 296
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 297
330 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 298
1455 - 1522
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 299
932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 300
1089 - 1167
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 301
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 302
1155 - 1191
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 303
300 - 301
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 304
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 305
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 306
Among people born in 932, Miskawayh ranks 2. Before him is Pope Marinus II. After him are Sancho I of León, Adalbert of Italy, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, 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, Krešimir III of Croatia, and Ernest II, Duke of Swabia.
932 - 946
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1
932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 2
932 - 966
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 3
932 - 972
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 4
932 - 999
HPI: 59.16
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932 - 1003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 6
932 - 962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 7
932 - 1000
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 8
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 9
993 - 1030
HPI: 70.38
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971 - 1030
HPI: 68.14
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932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
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947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
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969 - 1030
HPI: 57.72
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950 - 1030
HPI: 50.41
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1010 - 1030
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 7
Among people born in Iran, Miskawayh ranks 87 out of 528. Before him are Öljaitü (1280), Psamtik III (-590), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Ali al-Sistani (1930), and Mohammad Khatami (1943). After him are Piruz Nahavandi (700), Bahram V (406), Atossa (-550), Mordecai (null), Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155).
1280 - 1316
HPI: 64.32
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590 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 64.15
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820 - 912
HPI: 64.12
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1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
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1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
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1943 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 86
932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 87
700 - 644
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 88
406 - 438
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 89
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 90
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 91
1305 - 1335
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 92
1155 - 1191
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 93
Among philosophers born in Iran, Miskawayh ranks 5. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Al-Tabari (839), Bayazid Bastami (804), and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149). After him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Mazdak (450), Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Al-Taftazani (1322).
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
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839 - 923
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 2
804 - 874
HPI: 66.99
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1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
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932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 5
1155 - 1191
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 6
450 - 529
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 7
1571 - 1636
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 8
1209 - 1271
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 9
1086 - 1153
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 10
1201 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 11
1322 - 1390
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 12