Gholamreza Aavani (born 1943) is an Iranian philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at

Shahid Beheshti University Shahid Behesti University ( fa, دانشگاه شهید بهشتی , Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti) (formerly known as the National University of Iran) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers many programs at Bache ...

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. A former head of the Institute for Research in Philosophy, Aavani is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran and a steering committee Member of the

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. He has also served as the Kenan Rifai Distinguished Professor of

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, China.

Biography

Born in 1943 in Semnan in Iran, Aavani graduated with a BA in philosophy in 1964 from the American University in Beirut. He received a master's degree in philosophy from the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

in 1968 and acquired his PhD in 1976 from the same university under the supervision of

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.Mohammad Ali Kadivar "The Battle Over Higher Education in Iran," Middle East Report Online, February 20, 2014. Aavani has the greatest influence on expediting the process of development and expansion of

Iranian philosophy Iranian philosophy ( Persian: فلسفه ایرانی) or Persian philosophy can be traced back as far as to Old Iranian philosophical traditions and thoughts which originated in ancient Indo-Iranian roots and were considerably influenced by Zar ...

. He had been the head of the Institute for Research in Philosophy from the early 1980s until his removal from the office in 2011. He is also a steering committee member of the

and the first president of the International Association of Islamic Philosophy.

Works

* ''Philosophy and Spiritual Art'' (in Persian, Hekmat-o Honar-e Ma’navi; Grous Publications, 1976) * ''Nasir-I-Khusraw: Forty Poems From The Divan'' with

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(1998) * ''Rumi: A Philosophical Study'' (2016) ;As Editor * Metaphysics and Science. Essays in the Memory of Youssef Aliabadi (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, 2005)

Awards and honors

* Chehrehaye mandegar (

Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame or Ever-lasting Names / People ( fa, چهره‌های ماندگار; read as "Čehre-hā-ye Māndegār") is a formal ceremony to honor influential contemporary scientific and cultural Eminents. The title ...

), the honor given to the influential scientific and cultural eminents (2001) * Farabi Award for Humanities (2009)

References

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