PHILOSOPHER

Al-Jahiz

775 - 868

Al-Jahiz

Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Arabic: أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري, romanized: Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī; c. 776–868/869), commonly known as al-Jahiz (Arabic: الجاحظ, romanized: al-Jāḥiẓ, lit. 'the bug eyed'), was an Arab polymath and author of works of literature (including theory and criticism), theology, zoology, philosophy, grammar, dialectics, rhetoric, philology, linguistics, and politico-religious polemics. His extensive zoological work has been credited with describing principles related to natural selection, ethology, and the functions of an ecosystem. Ibn al-Nadim lists nearly 140 titles attributed to al-Jahiz, of which 75 are extant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Jahiz is the 241st most popular philosopher (down from 228th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 45th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

Al-Jahiz is most famous for his book, "The Book of Animals" which is a work of natural history and zoology.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Jahiz ranks 241 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Feyerabend, Nikolai Berdyaev, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Psellos, Prodicus, and Franz Brentano. After him are Gabriel Marcel, Milarepa, Josef Breuer, George Herbert Mead, Pelagius, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 775, Al-Jahiz ranks 4. Before him are Pope Paschal I, Staurakios, and Leo V the Armenian. After him are Rotrude, and Yahya ibn Ma'in. Among people deceased in 868, Al-Jahiz ranks 1. After him are Ali al-Hadi, and Ratramnus.