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Dawānī

Born: 1426, Dawān

Died: 1502

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An important philosopher and theologian in the late fifteenth century Shīrāz, al-Dawānī’s teaching and commentaries were formative for subsequent philosophical development in the Ottoman Empire, the Ṣafavid Iran and the Muslim India.

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  1. Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä/Academy of Finland, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Jari Kaukua

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    Marco Sgarbi

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Kaukua, J. (2015). Dawānī. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_38-1

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