Place

Aleppo

Syria · Modern Syria

An ancient Syrian city where the Illuminationist philosopher Suhrawardi taught, and where he was executed around the age of thirty-six.

Thinkers Connected to Aleppo

Suhrawardi

c. 1154 CE – 1191 CE

He rebuilt philosophy around light. Reality is degrees of brightness, and to know is to be illumined.

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