from Preston, MD
…utawakkils often violent persecution of unorthodox Muslims (as well as of non-Muslims); at one point al-Kindi was beaten and his library temporarily confiscated. Henry Corbin, an authority on Islamic studies, says that in 873, al-Kindi died "a lonely man", in Baghdad during the reign of Al-M...
Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 - 7 October 1978) was a philosopher, theologian and professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Corbin was born ...
14 April 1903 • Paris , France
Died:07 October 1978 • Paris, France
University of Paris faculty
Position:Author
Catholic Institute of Paris • University of Sorbonne
Specialty:Director
Area of science:Doctrine • Ecclesiology • Gnosticism
Academic degree:Professor
Social sciences:Phenomenology
Writer from Paris
Skill:Creative
Preference:Catholic • Christianity • Nationalist • Violence • Radical • Protestant
Sport:Ultimate
Master status:Student