PHILOSOPHER

William Chittick

1943 - Today

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William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic cosmology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Chittick has received more than 166,800 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Chittick is the 1,183rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,099th in 2019), the 7,809th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,554th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 2.17

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William Chittick ranks 1,183 out of 1,267. Before him are Michael Ruse, Buddhapālita, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Leila Ahmed, Hermann Lietz, and Iris Marion Young. After him are Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Richard Price, Judith Jarvis Thomson, David Malet Armstrong, John Major, and Papirius Fabianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, William Chittick ranks 527. Before him are Florence Ballard, Helen Quinn, Marita Lange, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Billy Cunningham, and Lynn Burke. After him are Pavel Lednyov, Albin Vidović, Lubomir Kavalek, Kenny Barron, Nancy Greene Raine, and Walter Murch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Chittick ranks 7,809 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Kloves (1960), Kevin Richardson (1971), Lynn Burke (1943), Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), and Iris Marion Young (1949). After him are Robert Beltran (1953), Aja Naomi King (1985), Booker T (1965), Julie Garwood (1946), Tess Harper (1950), and Dale Earnhardt (1951).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, William Chittick ranks 67. Before him are Marshall Berman (1940), Allan Bloom (1930), William Lane Craig (1949), Pat Robertson (1930), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), and Iris Marion Young (1949). After him are Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert Brandom (1950), William Alston (1921), James Burnham (1905), Alexander Berzin (1944), and R. C. Sproul (1939).

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