Henri Corbin
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Henri Corbin was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist best known for his pioneering studies of Islamic mysticism and Shi'a thought, particularly within Persian intellectual traditions.
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| Henri Corbin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10557660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henri Corbin Context triple: [Gilbert Durant, influencedBy, Henri Corbin]
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René Guénon
René Guénon was a French metaphysician and esotericist whose influential works on traditionalism and Eastern and Western spiritual doctrines helped shape 20th-century perennialist thought.
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Frithjof Schuon
Frithjof Schuon was a 20th-century metaphysician and spiritual author known as a leading figure of the Traditionalist School, emphasizing perennial philosophy and the transcendent unity of religions.
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C.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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Jacques Vergely
Jacques Vergely is a French landscape architect best known for co-designing Paris’s elevated linear park, the Promenade Plantée.
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Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, philosopher, and writer, best known for his influential works on the history and phenomenology of religion and on myth and symbolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henri Corbin Target entity description: Henri Corbin was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist best known for his pioneering studies of Islamic mysticism and Shi'a thought, particularly within Persian intellectual traditions.
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A.
René Guénon
René Guénon was a French metaphysician and esotericist whose influential works on traditionalism and Eastern and Western spiritual doctrines helped shape 20th-century perennialist thought.
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B.
Frithjof Schuon
Frithjof Schuon was a 20th-century metaphysician and spiritual author known as a leading figure of the Traditionalist School, emphasizing perennial philosophy and the transcendent unity of religions.
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C.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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D.
Jacques Vergely
Jacques Vergely is a French landscape architect best known for co-designing Paris’s elevated linear park, the Promenade Plantée.
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E.
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, philosopher, and writer, best known for his influential works on the history and phenomenology of religion and on myth and symbolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranologist
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Islamic studies scholar ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-04-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-10-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Sorbonne University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
NERFINISHED
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University of Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ École pratique des hautes études NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Iranology
NERFINISHED
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Islamic studies ⓘ Persian intellectual history ⓘ Shi'a studies ⓘ comparative mysticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Henri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gilles Deleuze
NERFINISHED
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James Hillman NERFINISHED ⓘ Seyyed Hossein Nasr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Avicenna
NERFINISHED
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Ibn ‘Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Eranos circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Henri Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
imaginal world
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mundus imaginalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
NERFINISHED
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Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ En Islam iranien NERFINISHED ⓘ History of Islamic Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple and Contemplation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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theologian ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
Islamic mysticism
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Persian philosophy ⓘ Shi'a thought ⓘ Sufism ⓘ |
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Subject: Henri Corbin Description of subject: Henri Corbin was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist best known for his pioneering studies of Islamic mysticism and Shi'a thought, particularly within Persian intellectual traditions.
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