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Muhammad Abduh

1849 - 1905

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Muḥammad ʿAbduh (also spelled Mohammed Abduh; Arabic: محمد عبده; 1849 – 11 July 1905) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar, judge, and Grand Mufti of Egypt. He was a central figure of the Arab Nahḍa and Islamic Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He began teaching advanced students esoteric Islamic texts at Al-Azhar University while he was still studying there. From 1877, with the status of ʿālim, he taught logic, theology, ethics, and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Abduh is the 219th most popular philosopher (down from 198th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 79th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Muhammad Abduh ranks 219 out of 1,267. Before her are Miguel de Unamuno, Orosius, Baltasar Gracián, Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Theano. After her are Solomon ibn Gabirol, Benjamin Constant, Xenocrates, Julius Evola, Francisco Suárez, and Paulo Freire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Muhammad Abduh ranks 6. Before her are Ivan Pavlov, August Strindberg, Bertha Benz, Édouard-Henri Avril, and August von Mackensen. After her are Blanche Monnier, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, and W. T. Stead. Among people deceased in 1905, Muhammad Abduh ranks 3. Before her are Jules Verne, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. After her are Ernst Abbe, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Muhammad Abduh ranks 94 out of 642. Before her are Djedefre (-2600), Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), Al-Kamil (1177), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Athenaeus (200), and Psamtik I (-700). After her are Lactantius (250), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), Moses the Black (332), Saint Menas (285), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), and Paul of Thebes (227).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Muhammad Abduh ranks 6. Before her are Origen (185), Plotinus (203), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Philo (-15), and Sextus Empiricus (160). After her are Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), and Ammonius Hermiae (440).

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