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Ibn Arabi

1165 - 1240

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Ibn Arabi (July 1165–November 1240) was an Andalusian Sunni scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher who was extremely influential within Islamic thought. Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic, while over 400 are still extant. His cosmological teachings became the dominant worldview in many parts of the Muslim world. His traditional title was Muḥyiddīn (Arabic: محيي الدين; The Reviver of Religion). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Arabi is the 70th most popular philosopher (down from 62nd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Spain (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Ibn Arabi is most famous for his Sufi writings, which are considered to be some of the most influential writings in the Islamic world.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibn Arabi ranks 70 out of 1,267. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Zhu Xi, Antonio Gramsci, Zeno of Citium, Xenophanes, and Gorgias. After him are Nagarjuna, Pliny the Elder, Peter Abelard, Leucippus, Edmund Husserl, and Al-Kindi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1165, Ibn Arabi ranks 1. After him are Philip II of France, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Berengaria of Navarre, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Albert of Riga, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Phillipe de Plessis, Jean Bodel, and Waleran III, Duke of Limburg. Among people deceased in 1240, Ibn Arabi ranks 2. Before him is Fibonacci. After him are Razia Sultana, Llywelyn the Great, Constance of Hungary, Raymond Nonnatus, Konrad von Thüringen, Jacques de Vitry, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Chormaqan, Hartmann, Count of Württemberg, and Skule Bårdsson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Arabi ranks 29 out of 3,355. Before him are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), and Federico García Lorca (1898). After him are Teresa of Ávila (1515), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Plácido Domingo (1941), Julio Iglesias (1943), Philip III of Spain (1578), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Ibn Arabi ranks 3. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), and Averroes (1126). After him are Ramon Llull (1232), Ibn Tufail (1110), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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