List of Iranian philosophers
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Classical Era
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philosophers who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age:
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- Abu Tahir MarwaziAbu Tahir MarwaziQotb al-Zaman Muhammad Abu Tahir Marwazi was a 12th century prominent Persian philosopher from Khwarezmia.He died in Sarakhs in Iran in 1144CE....
- Mir DamadMir DamadMir Damad , known also as Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, was an Iranian philosopher in the Neoplatonizing Islamic Peripatetic traditions of Avicenna and Suhrawardi, a scholar of the traditional Islamic sciences, and foremost figure , of the cultural renaissance of Iran undertaken...
- Ibn MiskawayhIbn MiskawayhAbu 'Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Ibn Miskawayh, also known as Ibn Miskawayh or Ebn Meskavayh was a Persian chancery official of the Buwayhid era, and philosopher and historian from Rey, Iran...
- Mir FendereskiMir FendereskiMir Fendereski was a renowned Iranian philosopher, poet and mystic of the Safavid era. His full name is given as Sayyed Mir Abulqasim Astarabadi , and he is famously known as Fendereski...
- Mir DamadMir DamadMir Damad , known also as Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, was an Iranian philosopher in the Neoplatonizing Islamic Peripatetic traditions of Avicenna and Suhrawardi, a scholar of the traditional Islamic sciences, and foremost figure , of the cultural renaissance of Iran undertaken...
- Mulla Hadi SabzevariMulla Hadi SabzevariMolla Hadi Sabzavari or Hajj Molla Hadi Sabzavari was a famous Iranian Shi'ite Muslim philosopher, mystic, theologian and poet.-Life:...
- MazdakMazdakMazdak was a proto-socialist Persian reformer and religious activist who gained influence under the reign of the Sassanian Shahanshah Kavadh I...
- Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-ShiraziMu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-ShiraziHibatullah ibn Musa Abu Nasr al-Mu'ayyad fi d-Din ash-Shirazi was an 11th century Isma'ili scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin...
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- Mulla SadraMulla SadraṢadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī also called Mulla Sadrā was a Persian Shia Islamic philosopher, theologian and ‘Ālim who led the Iranian cultural renaissance in the 17th century...
- Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-ShiraziMu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-ShiraziHibatullah ibn Musa Abu Nasr al-Mu'ayyad fi d-Din ash-Shirazi was an 11th century Isma'ili scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin...
- Abu Yaqub SijistaniAbu Yaqub SijistaniAbu Yaqub al-Sijistani was an Persian Ismaili missionary and Neo-Platonic philosopher, who was martyred a few years after 971 CE.-External links:* at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy-Notes:...
- Shahab al-Din SuhrawardiShahab al-Din SuhrawardiOther important Muslim mystics carry the name Suhrawardi, particularly Abu 'l-Najib al-Suhrawardi and his paternal nephew Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi."Shahāb ad-Dīn" Yahya ibn Habash as-Suhrawardī was a Persian...
- Shaykh TusiShaykh TusiShaykh Tusi , full name: Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi , known as Shaykh al-Taʾifah was a prominent Persian scholar of the Shi'a Twelver Islamic belief.-Birth:...
Contemporary Era
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thinkers, philosophers and theorists from modern era:
- Dariush Ashouri
- Nur Ali ElahiNur Ali ElahiNur Ali Elahi was a spiritual thinker, musician, philosopher and jurist who dedicated his life to investigating the metaphysical dimension of human beings....
- Hossein Elahi Ghomshei
- Ramin JahanbeglooRamin JahanbeglooRamin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian philosopher and academic who is currently based in Canada. He teaches at the University of Toronto as a professor of political science.-Biography:...
- Mahmoud KhatamiMahmoud KhatamiMahmoud Khatami is an Iranian philosopher. He is best known for developing "Ontetic Philosophy."-Early life:Mahmoud Khatami grew up in Tehran...
- Ahmad Mahdavi DamghaniAhmad Mahdavi DamghaniAhmad Mahdavi Damghani is an Iranian scholar and university professor.Born in Mashad, Iran on September 4, 1927, he holds a Ph.D. in Persian Literature and a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology from Tehran University where he was a Professor at the School of Literature and at the School of Theology between...
- Manuchehr JamaliManuchehr JamaliManuchehr Jamali is a dissident Persian philosopher and poet living in the USA. He is best known for his exposition and analysis of the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and his research about the ancient Iranian mythology....
- Hossein Nasr
- Dariush ShayeganDariush ShayeganDariush Shayegan is one of Iran's prominent thinkers, cultural theorists and comparative philosophers.Shayegan studied at Sorbonne University in Paris...
- Abdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim Soroush , born Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh , is an Iranian thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar and a former professor at the University of Tehran. He is arguably the most influential figure in religious intellectual movement in Iran. Professor Soroush is currently a visiting scholar at the...
- Allameh TabatabaeiAllameh TabatabaeiAllameh Seyyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei was one of the most prominent thinkers of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam...