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Seyyed Hossein Nasr (b. 1933) is an outstanding philosopher in perennial tradition, comparative studies, Islamic science, and spirituality. A gnostic thinker and a prolific writer, Nasr is a University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, Washington, DC. He is a renowned scholar in the history of Islamic philosophy in the present century, both in the Islamic world and the West (Fig. 1).
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933–)
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Dastagir, G. (2018). Seyyed Hossein Nasr. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_2007
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