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861 thinkers · 455 Iranian · 406 foreign

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Abolfazl Khatibi

Abolfazl Khatibi was an Iranian researcher of Persian language and literature, a Shahnameh scholar, and a faculty member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature. The bulk of his research was devoted to the Shahnameh, epic literature, codicology, and the identification of spurious verses and passages, and he collaborated with Jalal Khaleghi-Motlagh on the edition of the seventh volume of the Shahnameh.

Shahnameh Studies, Epic Literature, and Codicology1960–20231 article

Abolghasem Fanaei

Abolghasem Fanaei, born in 1959 in Tehran, is a researcher in moral philosophy and theology who focuses on the relation between religion and ethics and the priority of ethics over religion. He has both seminary and university training, and his works on the ethical critique of religious understanding have been controversial.

Philosophy of religion and ethicsb. 195971 articles3 videos

Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr

Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr was a renowned Iranian mystic and poet of the fifth century AH and one of the most prominent figures in the history of Khorasani Sufism. He is especially known for his emphasis on love, tolerance, simplicity, spiritual experience, and direct mystical realization.

Islamic mysticism and Sufism967–1049

Epictetus

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher and one of the prominent figures of the Stoic school, born around 55 CE and died around 135 CE. Having begun his life as a slave, he viewed philosophy as a way of living, and his teachings were recorded by his student Arrian.

Philosophy55–135

Epicurus

Epicurus, the Greek philosopher and founder of Epicureanism, was born in 341 BCE and died in 270 BCE. His teachings centered on the pursuit of tranquility, friendship, and freedom from fear.

Philosophy341–270 BCE2 articles

Ehsan Shariati

Ehsan Shariati, born 1959, is a philosophy researcher, lecturer, and one of the figures of religious intellectualism in Iran. He is the son of Ali Shariati, and a significant part of his intellectual work is dedicated to re-reading Shariati's legacy, contemporary philosophy, critical theology, and the relationship between religion, freedom, and modernity. His writings and lectures are mostly situated at the intersection of philosophy, religious studies, intellectualism, and the history of contemporary Iranian thought.

Philosophy and Religious Intellectualism3 articles

Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater was an Iranian Iranologist, linguist, university professor, and the founder of Encyclopaedia Iranica. Through his extensive research on Persian language and literature, Iranian history, and Iranian culture, he became one of the most important figures in modern Iranology.

Iranology, Persian language and literature1920–2018

Ahmad Pakatchi

Ahmad Pakatchi (born 1963) is an Iranian scholar of religion, Quranic studies, linguistics, and encyclopedism. He is an associate professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies and the Permanent Representative of Iran to UNESCO.

Linguistics and Semioticsb. 19639 articles1 video

Ahmad Rajabi

Ahmad Rajabi, born in 1985, is a researcher and assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran. His main area of research is continental philosophy, particularly the thought of Martin Heidegger, and the book *Transcendental Finitude* is considered one of his prominent works.

Philosophyb. 19707 articles1 video

Ahmad Zeidabadi

Ahmad Zeidabadi is an Iranian journalist, author, and political analyst who has written on Iranian politics, the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and freedom of expression. He holds a degree in political science and has been arrested several times for his press and political activities. In 2011, he was awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

Journalism and Political Analysis1 article

Ahmad Shamlou

Ahmad Shamlou was an Iranian poet, writer, translator, and journalist, and one of the most influential figures in modern Persian literature. By developing Persian free verse and introducing an innovative poetic language, he left a lasting impact on contemporary Iranian literature.

Modern poetry, literature, and translation1925–2000

Ahmad Sadri

Ahmad Sadri is an Iranian sociologist and professor at Lake Forest University whose work focuses on sociology of religion, social theory, and Islamic studies. He is particularly known for his research on Max Weber, rationality, secularization, and the sociology of Muslim societies.

Sociology, social theory, and sociology of religionb. 1954

Ahmad Ghabel

Ahmad Qabel (1957–2012) was an Iranian mujtahid and religious researcher known for his distinctive jurisprudential views and rational reading of Sharia. A student of Hossein-Ali Montazeri, he set aside his clerical garb and turned to a critique of seminary and political traditions.

Religious Thought1954–20125 articles

Ahmad Kasravi

Ahmad Kasravi was an Iranian historian, linguist, jurist, and thinker who worked in the fields of history, language, literature, religious studies, and social reform. Through works such as "The History of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran" and "Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan," he made significant contributions to Iranian historical and linguistic studies and became one of the most controversial figures in modern Iranian intellectual history.

Historiography, linguistics, law, and social thought1890–1946

Idriss Jendari

Idris Jandari is a Moroccan researcher, writer, and critic in the fields of political sociology and contemporary Islamic-Arab thought. He is known for his critical examination of cultural transformations, the question of identity, and the critique of modernity in the Arab world.

Political sociology, literary criticism1 article

Edmund Husserl

Edmund Husserl was a German-Austrian philosopher and the founder of phenomenology, considered one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His thought played a significant role in shaping movements such as existentialism and hermeneutics.

Philosophy1859–19384 articles

Edward Granville Browne

Edward Granville Browne was a physician, Iranologist, Orientalist, and professor of Persian and Arabic at the University of Cambridge. He ranks among the foremost Western scholars of Iranian history, literature, and intellectual movements, and his works have played an enduring role in introducing Iranian culture to the Western world.

Iranian Studies, History, and Persian Literature1862–1926

Edward Said

Edward Said was a Palestinian-American literary theorist, cultural critic, and university professor who is recognized as one of the founders of postcolonial studies. His influential book *Orientalism* had a profound impact on critiques of Western representations of the East and on contemporary cultural, literary, and political studies.

Literary theory, postcolonial studies, cultural criticism1935–2003

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson was an American biologist and one of the most influential researchers in evolutionary biology, ecology, and animal behavior. He developed and expanded the theory of sociobiology and, through his extensive studies of ants, had a profound impact on understanding the relationship between evolution, social behavior, and nature.

Evolutionary biology, sociobiology, and ecology1929–2021

Ardeshir Mansouri

Ardeshir Mansouri is a graduate of philosophy of science, an instructor, researcher, and consultant in educational affairs and cultural planning. His main teaching areas are philosophy for all, philosophy of science, applied ethics, critical thinking, and the commentary of Persian literary and poetic texts. He also conducts workshops on professional ethics, life skills, leisure, and the promotion of organizational culture.

Philosophyb. 196811 articles1 video

Aristotle

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the most influential figures in the history of thought. He founded formal logic, and his works in philosophy, natural sciences, and ethics served as the foundation of education in the Greek, Islamic, and European worlds for centuries.

Philosophy384–322 BCE6 articles

Ernst Cassirer

Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) was a prominent German Neo-Kantian philosopher and one of the twentieth century’s most important theorists of the philosophy of culture. He described human beings as “symbolic animals” and, through his philosophy of symbolic forms, offered a new interpretation of culture, language, myth, and science.

Philosophy of culture, Neo-Kantianism, and philosophy of symbolic forms1874–19451 article

Ernst Nolte

Ernst Nolte (1923–2016) was a prominent German historian and philosopher. He is known for his groundbreaking research on fascism and totalitarian ideologies, as well as for sparking the "Historians' Dispute" (Historikerstreit) in the 1980s.

Historiography, Philosophy of History, and Totalitarianism Studies1 article2 videos

Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin Daniel Yalom

Irvin Daniel Yalom is an American psychiatrist, Stanford University professor, and prominent writer known as one of the founders of existential psychotherapy. By focusing on fundamental human concerns such as death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness, he created a bridge between existential philosophy and clinical psychology.

Existential psychiatry and psychotherapyb. 19315 articles

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