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Zaki al-Arsuzi

1899 - 1968

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Zaki al-Arsuzi (Arabic: زكي الأرسوزي, romanized: Zakī al-Arsūzī; June 1899 – 2 July 1968) was a Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement. He published several books during his lifetime, most notably The Genius of Arabic in its Tongue (1943). Born into a middle-class Alawite family in Latakia, Syria, al-Arsuzi studied at the Sorbonne, where he became interested in nationalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zaki al-Arsuzi is the 561st most popular philosopher (up from 757th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Syria (up from 100th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Syrian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zaki al-Arsuzi ranks 561 out of 1,267. Before him are James Ussher, Paul Grice, Karl Korsch, Arete of Cyrene, Barrington Moore Jr., and Bernardino Telesio. After him are Harriet Taylor Mill, Al-Shahrastani, Bion of Borysthenes, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Bardaisan, and Hans Vaihinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Zaki al-Arsuzi ranks 73. Before him are Philipp Bouhler, Frances Yates, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Franz Jonas, and John Christie. After him are Aksel Sandemose, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hans Jeschonnek, Fritz Bayerlein, Hayato Ikeda, and Marcel Achard. Among people deceased in 1968, Zaki al-Arsuzi ranks 50. Before him are Nick Adams, Georgios Papandreou, Charles Chaplin Jr., Leopold Infeld, George Hackenschmidt, and Hitoshi Imamura. After him are Tsuguharu Foujita, Fritz Bauer, Boris Lyatoshinsky, John Heartfield, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, and Jean Hyppolite.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Zaki al-Arsuzi ranks 88 out of 210. Before him are Youssef Absi (1946), Assef Shawkat (1950), Dündar Ali Osman (1930), Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526). After him are Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1163), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), and Husni al-Za'im (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, Zaki al-Arsuzi ranks 5. Before him are John of Damascus (676), Iamblichus (245), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), and Damascius (480). After him are Numenius of Apamea (200).

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