PHILOSOPHER

Ibn al-Nafis

1212 - 1289

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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī (Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي ), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (Arabic: ابن النفيس), was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood. The work of Ibn al-Nafis regarding the right sided (pulmonary) circulation pre-dates the later work (1628) of William Harvey's De motu cordis. Both theories attempt to explain circulation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn al-Nafis is the 274th most popular philosopher (down from 261st in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Syria (down from 26th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Philosopher.

Ibn al-Nafis was a physician and scientist from the 13th century. He is most famous for his discovery of the pulmonary circulation, which states that blood flows from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs where it is oxygenated and then to the left ventricle of the heart where it is pumped out to the rest of the body.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 274 out of 1,267. Before him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Sebastian Brant, Raymond Aron, Ivan Illich, Jerome of Prague, and Panaetius. After him are Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Aśvaghoṣa, Andronicus of Rhodes, Ammonius Saccas, Priscus, and Sri Aurobindo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1212, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 1. After him are Isabella II of Jerusalem, Zita, Emperor Go-Horikawa, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq, Archambaud IX of Bourbon, and Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1289, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 1. After him are Ugolino della Gherardesca, Leo II, King of Armenia, John I Doukas of Thessaly, Giovanni Dandolo, and Rudrama Devi.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 29 out of 210. Before him are Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), Zimri-Lim (-1800), and Michel Aflaq (1910). After him are Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), Bassel al-Assad (1962), Amin al-Hafiz (1921), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), and Yazid II (687).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, Ibn al-Nafis ranks 3. Before him are John of Damascus (676), and Iamblichus (245). After him are Damascius (480), Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899), and Numenius of Apamea (200).

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