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PHILOSOPHER

Miskawayh

932 - 1030

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Ibn Miskawayh (Persian: مُسْکُـوْيَه Muskūyah, 932–1030), full name Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Miskawayh 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 refinement of character. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miskawayh has received more than 101,243 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Miskawayh is the 304th 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

Among philosophers, Miskawayh ranks 304 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.

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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, 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.

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In Iran

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).

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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), 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).

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