PHILOSOPHER

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

1149 - 1209

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Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic: فخر الدين الرازي) or Fakhruddin Razi (Persian: فخر الدين رازی) (1149 or 1150 – 1209), often known by the sobriquet Sultan of the Theologians, was an influential Muslim polymath, scientist and one of the pioneers of inductive logic. He wrote various works in the fields of medicine, chemistry, physics, astronomy, cosmology, literature, theology, ontology, philosophy, history and jurisprudence. He was one of the earliest proponents and skeptics that came up with the concept of multiverse, and compared it with the astronomical teachings of Quran. A rejector of the geocentric model and the Aristotelian notions of a single universe revolving around a single world, al-Razi argued about the existence of the outer space beyond the known world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi is the 259th most popular philosopher (up from 269th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Iran (up from 86th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi is most famous for his work in the fields of medicine, philosophy, and theology.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ranks 259 out of 1,267. Before him are Cratylus, Isaiah Berlin, Arcesilaus, Roger Garaudy, Pherecydes of Syros, and Donald Davidson. After him are Euclid of Megara, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Marsilius of Padua, Nicole Oresme, François Fénelon, and Johann Reuchlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1149, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ranks 1. After him are Al-Adid, Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, and Margaritus of Brindisi. Among people deceased in 1209, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ranks 2. Before him is Nizami Ganjavi. After him are Phillipe de Plessis, William of Champlitte, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Raymond Roger Trencavel, and Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ranks 71 out of 631. Before him are Achaemenes (-800), Shapur II (309), Cyrus I (-690), Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), and Tekuder (1247). After him are `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Psamtik III (-590), Osroes I (50), Babak Khorramdin (798), The Iron Sheik (1942), and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ranks 4. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Al-Tabari (839), and Bodhidharma (483). After him are Bayazid Bastami (804), Miskawayh (932), Mazdak (450), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145).

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