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Abdel Rahman Badawi
عبد الرحمن بدوي
(Known as "Badawi")
Foremost Arab Existentialist Philosopher, Historian of Philosophy
Born
Feb 17, 1917
Sharqia, Egypt
Sharqia, Egypt
Passed Away
Jul 25, 2002
Cairo, Egypt
Lifespan
85 years old
"To exist is to create oneself out of nothingness through the relentless exercise of freedom."
Archival Overview
Towering Egyptian philosopher regarded as the father of Arab existentialism, author of over 150 encyclopedic works on Greek, Islamic, and modern European metaphysics.
Biographical Record
Earning his doctorate at Cairo University in 1944 under Taha Hussein with his revolutionary dissertation Existential Time, Abdel Rahman Badawi formulated the first coherent existentialist philosophical system in the Arabic language.
Fluent in seven languages, he edited and translated fundamental Aristotelian, Platonic, and Nietzschean texts, teaching at the Sorbonne and universities across the Mediterranean while compiling the monumental Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Sharqia Ancestral Necropolis
Sharqia, Egypt
Sharqia, Egypt
GPS: 30.5833, 31.5000
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