Henry Corbin
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Henry Corbin was a 20th-century French philosopher and Islamic scholar best known for his pioneering studies of Iranian Shi'ism and Sufi mysticism, particularly through his interpretations of visionary and esoteric traditions.
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| Henry Corbin canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Corbin Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, influenced, Henry Corbin]
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Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
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B.
Galen Black
Galen Black was one of the respondents in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, which addressed the limits of religious freedom protections under the First Amendment.
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C.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
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D.
Arash Ferdowsi
Arash Ferdowsi is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
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E.
David Arakhamia
David Arakhamia is a Ukrainian politician and businessman best known as a leading figure in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's political party, Servant of the People.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Corbin Target entity description: Henry Corbin was a 20th-century French philosopher and Islamic scholar best known for his pioneering studies of Iranian Shi'ism and Sufi mysticism, particularly through his interpretations of visionary and esoteric traditions.
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A.
Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
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B.
Galen Black
Galen Black was one of the respondents in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, which addressed the limits of religious freedom protections under the First Amendment.
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C.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
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D.
Arash Ferdowsi
Arash Ferdowsi is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
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E.
David Arakhamia
David Arakhamia is a Ukrainian politician and businessman best known as a leading figure in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's political party, Servant of the People.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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Islamic studies scholar ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Sorbonne University
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École pratique des hautes études ⓘ
surface form:
École Pratique des Hautes Études
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| associatedWith |
Eranos conferences
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Jungian circle at Eranos ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-04-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-10-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
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Écoles françaises à l’étranger ⓘ
surface form:
Institut Français de Téhéran
University of Tehran ⓘ École pratique des hautes études ⓘ
surface form:
École Pratique des Hautes Études
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| fieldOfWork |
Iranian studies
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Islamic studies ⓘ comparative mysticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
angelic function of the self
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hierohistory ⓘ imaginal body ⓘ mundus imaginalis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gilles Deleuze
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Jacques Derrida ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Seyyed Hossein Nasr ⓘ William Chittick ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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Martin Heidegger ⓘ Mulla Sadra ⓘ Rudolf Otto ⓘ Suhrawardi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of the imaginal world (mundus imaginalis)
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interpretation of visionary and esoteric traditions in Islam ⓘ phenomenology of religious imagination ⓘ studies of Iranian Shi'ism ⓘ studies of Sufi mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Shia Sufism
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surface form:
Iranian mysticism
Islamic philosophy ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form:
Shi'a Islam
Sufism ⓘ Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form:
Twelver Shi'ism
comparative theology ⓘ |
| name | Henry Corbin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
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Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi ⓘ The Spirit of Islam ⓘ
surface form:
En Islam iranien
History of Islamic Philosophy ⓘ Temple and Contemplation ⓘ The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Department of Iranology at the Institut Français de Téhéran
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Professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Ismaili thought
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Shi'i gnosis ⓘ angelology in Islamic thought ⓘ esoteric exegesis (ta'wil) ⓘ hermeneutics of sacred texts ⓘ theosophy of Suhrawardi ⓘ |
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