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Henry Corbin

1903 - 1978

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Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978) was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional Islamic philosophy from early falsafa to later and "mystical" figures such as Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi, and Mulla Sadra Shirazi. With works such as Histoire de la philosophie islamique (1964), he challenged the common European view that philosophy in the Islamic world declined after Averroes and Avicenna. Born into a Protestant family in Paris in April 1903, Corbin received a Catholic education, obtaining a certificate in Scholastic philosophy from the Catholic Institute of Paris at age 19. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Corbin is the 603rd most popular philosopher (down from 524th in 2019), the 1,890th most popular biography from France (down from 1,611th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Henry Corbin ranks 603 out of 1,267. Before him are David Hartley, Zoilus, Constantin von Tischendorf, Jonathan Edwards, Jacques Ellul, and Emer de Vattel. After him are Johannes Bugenhagen, Crates of Mallus, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Alfred Schmidt, Peter the Iberian, and Conrad Celtes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Henry Corbin ranks 89. Before him are Lou Gehrig, Mikhail Kalatozov, Alice Herz-Sommer, Heinz Reinefarth, Fritz Bauer, and Bob Hope. After him are Charlotte Perriand, Nico Diederichs, Werner Ostendorff, Otto Abetz, Silvina Ocampo, and Karl Eberhard Schöngarth. Among people deceased in 1978, Henry Corbin ranks 65. Before him are Tetsu Katayama, Georgi Markov, Philibert Tsiranana, Harvey Milk, Fernando Peyroteo, and Max Decugis. After him are Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, Nico Diederichs, Herbert Kappler, Pablo Dorado, and Lilya Brik.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 1,890 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756), Jacques Amyot (1513), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Oronce Finé (1494), Eva Green (1980), and Max Decugis (1882). After him are Rodulfus Glaber (985), Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Margaret of France, Queen of England (1282), and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Henry Corbin ranks 79. Before him are Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Pierre Charron (1541), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jean Hyppolite (1907), and Jacques Ellul (1912). After him are Berengar of Tours (998), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Hadot (1922), and Émile Chartier (1868).

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