Tags: Philosopher.

Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri (Arabic أبو العلاء المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī full name أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaimān al-Tanūẖī al-Maʿarrī born 973 CE / AH 363 died 1058 CE/ AH 449) was a blind Arabian philosopher poet and writer.

Al_Ma-arri_-_Aleppo_Syria.jpg
birth date
0973-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Maarrat al-Nu'man, Abbasid Caliphate, Hamdanid dynasty
death date
1057-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Maarrat al-Nu'man, Abbasid Caliphate, Mirdasid dynasty
influenced
Turan Dursun
influenced by
Ibn al-Rawandi
main interest
Pessimism, Rationalism, Asceticism, Philosophical skepticism
region
Islamic philosophy

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Al-Maʿarri"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.