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 in Paris in April 1903. Although he was Protestant by birth he was educated in the Catholic tradition and at the age of 19 received a certificate in Scholastic philosophy from the Catholic Institute of Paris. Three years later he took his licence de philosophie under the Thomist Étienne Gilson.
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