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Henry CorbinFrench philosopher and Islamic scholar
Date of Birth: 14.04.1903
Country:  France |
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Biography of Henri Corbin
Henri Corbin was a French philosopher and Islamologist, renowned as an authoritative researcher of Iranian Sufi mysticism and Shiite gnosis. He was a disciple of Étienne Gilson, Jean Baruzi, and Louis Massignon. He began his career in the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Paris.
Contributions and Achievements
In 1937, Corbin published the first French translation of Martin Heidegger's work, titled "Qu'est-ce que la métaphysique?" (What is Metaphysics?). From 1939 to 1945, he worked at the French Institute in Istanbul and founded the Iranian Studies Department at the French Institute in Tehran. He also established the "Library of Iranian Studies," a series of research and publications.
In 1954, Corbin became the head of the Research Center for Islam and Arab Religions at the School of Advanced Studies in Paris. In 1974, he founded the International Center for Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Saint John in Jerusalem. He was a member of the international society Eranos, which brought together researchers of archaic and mystical traditions across various regions of the world, such as Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Gershom Scholem.
Study of Islamic Philosophy
Corbin's hermeneutic explorations focused on the philosophies of revelation and the imaginal world in the Middle East. He extensively studied and translated the works of philosophers such as Averroes, Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi, and Mulla Sadra. Among his notable students were Gilbert Durand and Christian Jambet.
