Nasr is an internationally acclaimed scholar [1].

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, (Persian: سيد حسين نصر) A lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, Persian philosopher and renowned scholar of comparative religion, is a prominent authority in the fields of Islamic esoterism, sufism, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. He may be now the most famous Sufi Philosopher in the West. Image File history File links Sayyed_Hosein_Nasr_book_cover. ... Image File history File links Sayyed_Hosein_Nasr_book_cover. ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ... Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... Comparative religion is a field of religious studies that analyzes interpretive differences of common themes and ideas among the worlds religions. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف tasÌ£awwuf) is a mystic tradition of Islam based on the pursuit of spiritual truth as it is gradually revealed to the heart and mind of the Sufi (one who practices Sufism). ... Metaphysics (Greek words meta = after/beyond and physics = nature) is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of first principles and being (ontology). ...

Life

He received his PhD from Harvard after receiving his undergraduate degree in Physics from MIT, and became a full professor by the age of 30. During his studies he became acquainted with the works of the prominent perennialist authority Frithjof Schuon. This school of thought has shaped Professor Nasr's life and thinking ever since. Professor Nasr has been a disciple of Frithjof Schuon for over fifty years and his works are based on the doctrine and the viewpoints of the Perennial Philosophy. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... The Perennial Philosophy (Latin philosophia perennis) is the idea that a universal set of truths common to all people and cultures exists. ...

Nasr is a well-known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. An eloquent speaker with a charismatic presence, Nasr is a much sought-after speaker at academic conferences and seminars, university and public lectures, and also radio and television programs in his areas of expertise. Possessing an impressive academic and intellectual record, his career as a teacher and scholar spans over four decades.

Born in 1933, Professor Nasr began his teaching career in 1955 when he was still a young doctoral student at Harvard University. Over the years, he has taught and trained an innumerable number of students who have come from the different parts of the world, and many of whom have become important and prominent scholars in their fields of study. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...

He has trained different generations of students over the years since 1958 when he was a professor at Tehran University, Arya Mehr University (where he was appointed president in 1972), and then in America at Temple University and at the George Washington University since 1984 to the present day. The range of subjects and areas of study in which Professor Nasr has engaged himself over the course of his academic career and intellectual life are immense. As demonstrated by his numerous writings, lectures and speeches, Professor Nasr speaks and writes based on the doctrine and the viewpoints of the Perennial Philosophy and with great authority on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from philosophy to religion to spirituality, to music and art and architecture, to science and literature, to civilizational dialogues and the natural environment. The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. ... Tehrans Sharif University of Technology ranks among the best technical schools in the world. ... Temple University is a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Perennial Philosophy (Latin philosophia perennis) is the idea that a universal set of truths common to all people and cultures exists. ...

For Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the quest for knowledge, specifically knowledge which enables man to understand the true nature of things and which furthermore "liberates and delivers him from the fetters and limitations of earthly existence," has been and continues to be the central concern and determinant of his intellectual life.

Professor Nasr was also a student of Allameh Tabatabaei, a spiritual scholar whose commentary on the Qur'an Tafsir al-Mizan is widely known as one of the best commnetaries. In the 1970s, Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran appointed professor Nasr as head of the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, the first academic institution to be conducted in accordance with the intellectual principles of the Traditionalist School. During that time, Nasr, Tabatabaei, William Chittick, Kenneth Morgan, Sachiko Murata, Toshihiko Izutsu, and Henry Corbin would meet and hold various philosophical discourses. The famous book Shi'ite Islam was one product of this period. Allameh Tabatabaei, one of contemporarys greatest Islamic Philosophers, chatting with Ayatollah al-Shirazi. ... The Quran (Arabic , literally the recitation; also called or The Noble Quran; also transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Al-Mizan fi tafsiril-Quran, popularly known as Tafsir al-Mizan, is a very famous and volumnous tafsir or exegesis of the Quran written by the eminent Shia scholar Allameh Tabatabaei. ... Farah Diba Farah Diba (born October 14, 1938 in Tehran, Iran) (also known as Farah Pahlavi) was the third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and the Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran. ... Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy (in Persian: انجمن شاهنشاهی فلسفه ایران) was founded in Iran during the Pahlavi era by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Professor of History of Science and Philosophy at Tehran University who also served for several years as President of Aryamehr University of Technology in Iran. ... The Traditionalist School was founded in its current form by the French metaphysician René Guénon, although its precepts are considered to be timeless and to be found in all authentic traditions. ... Allameh Tabatabaei (sitting left), one of contemporarys greatest Islamic Philosophers, chatting with Ayatollah al-Shirazi. ... William C. Chittick is a renowned Islamologist. ... Toshihiko Izutsu (井筒俊彦;1914 – 1993) was a university professor and author of many books on Islam and other religions. ... Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a famous French philosopher, professor of philosophy at Sorbonne University, and orientalist. ... Shia Islam is an important text on the history and thought of Shia Islam. ...

This experiment ended with the arrival of the Islamic revolution, which forced Professor Nasr to emigrate to the United States. Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ...

Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr is currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University. The George Washington University (GWU) is a private university in Washington, D.C., founded in 1821 as The Columbian College. ...

Awards and honors

• Templeton Religion and Science Course Award (1999)

Works

Nasr is the author of over fifty books and five hundred articles on Islamic science, religion, and the environment, in 4 languages, including: Islamic science is science in the context of traditional religious ideas of Islam, including its ethics and philosophy. ...

• The Essential Frithjof Schuon Selected and Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ISBN: 0-941532-92-5

• Three Muslim Sages (His first major book which is dedicated to Frithjof Schuon)
• An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines ISBN 0791415163
• Science and Civilization in Islam ISBN 1930637152
• Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study ISBN 1567443125
• Man and Nature ISBN 1871031656
• Religion and the Order of Nature ISBN 0195102746
• The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity ISBN 0060099240
• Ideals and Realities of Islam
• Beacon of Knowledge - Essays in Honor of Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Fons Vitae books) 2003 ISBN 188775260
• Shi'a Islam (Book)
• Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History

Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... Shia Islam is an important text on the history and thought of Shia Islam. ...

See also

• Frithjof Schuon
• Titus Burckhardt
• Rene Guenon
• Sufi studies
• Religion and ecology
• Martin Lings
• Allameh Tabatabaei
• Louis Massignon
• Higher Education in Iran

Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. ... René Guénon (aka Sheikh Abd Al Wahid Yahya) (1886-1951) was a French-born author, philosopher, and social critic of the early 20th century. ... Sufi studies: a particular branch of comparative studies that uses a. ... Martin Lings Martin Lings (January 24, 1909 – May 12, 2005) was a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon and a British scholar of Sufism. ... Allameh Tabatabaei, one of contemporarys greatest Islamic Philosophers, chatting with Ayatollah al-Shirazi. ... Louis Massignon (July 25 1883 - October 31 1962) was a renowned scholar of Islam and its history. ... University of Tehran Shahid Beheshti University Iran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. ...

External links

• The Seyyed Hossein Nasr Foundation
• Islam and ecology - Nasr
• short biography of Nasr
• Nasr on PBS
• George Washington University commemorating Nasr