Iranian thinker

Mohammad Ali Foroughi

Philosophy and PoliticsIranian1877–1942

The first work to render the ideas of European philosophers in Persian.

In their times

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Influenced by6

Socrates470–399 BCE

Plato427–347 BCE

Avicenna980–1037

Saadi1210–1292

Rene Descartes1596–1650

Fereydun Adamiyat1920–2008

Contemporaries2

Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh1812–1878

Ali Akbar Dehkhoda1879–1956

Life and Thought

Mohammad Ali Foroughi, also known by the title Zoka-ol-Molk, was a writer, translator, statesman, and one of the influential figures in the formation of modern Iranian culture. Through works such as The Evolution of Philosophy in Europe, he played a major role in introducing Persian readers to Western philosophy, while also taking a prominent part in the political transformations of the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods.