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René Guénon

1886 - 1951

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René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as Abdalwahid Yahia (Arabic: عبد الـواحد يحيی; ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā), was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from esotericism, "sacred science" and "traditional studies" to symbolism and initiation. In his writings, he proposes to hand down eastern metaphysics and traditions, these doctrines being defined by him as of "universal character", and adapt them to western readers "while keeping strictly faithful to their spirit". Initiated into Islamic esotericism from as early as 1910 when he was 24, he mainly wrote and published in French, and his works have been translated into more than twenty languages; he also wrote in Arabic an article for the journal Al Marifah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Guénon is the 485th most popular writer (down from 408th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from France (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Writer.

René Guénon is most famous for his work in comparative religion and metaphysics.

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Among writers, René Guénon ranks 485 out of 7,302. Before him are France Prešeren, Milena Jesenská, Vladimir Vysotsky, Edward Said, Comte de Lautréamont, and José Martí. After him are Romain Gary, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Ivan Bunin, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Louise Glück, and Phaedrus.

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Among people born in 1886, René Guénon ranks 19. Before him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Karl von Frisch, Ernst Thälmann, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Marc Bloch, and Karl Barth. After him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Theodor Morell, Gotthard Heinrici, Archibald Hill, Erich Hoepner, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły. Among people deceased in 1951, René Guénon ranks 11. Before him are Arnold Schoenberg, Ferdinand Porsche, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, Abdullah I of Jordan, and Otto Fritz Meyerhof. After him are Hermann Broch, August Horch, Sinclair Lewis, Maxim Litvinov, Otto Ohlendorf, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland.

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Among people born in France, René Guénon ranks 577 out of 6,770. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), Richard Clayderman (1953), Marcel Marceau (1923), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), and Marius Petipa (1818). After him are Ambroise Paré (1510), Isabelle Adjani (1955), France Gall (1947), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Carlos Gardel (1890), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, René Guénon ranks 81. Before him are Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Françoise Sagan (1935), and André Maurois (1885). After him are Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Paul Claudel (1868), Hector Malot (1830), Boris Vian (1920), and Jules Michelet (1798).

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