Najib Baladi

نجيب بلدي

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One of the first cohort at the Egyptian University and a pioneer of contemporary Arab philosophical thought.

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Philosopher · writer
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Sunni
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Overview

Najib Baladi (1907–1978 CE) was an Egyptian philosopher and writer. He was among the first cohort at the Egyptian University and one of the pioneers of contemporary Arabic philosophical thought. 1

The Hijri dates in the data are 1324 and 1397 AH. No other details are recorded; an additional source is needed.

People and things also explored

Wisdom (al-hikma)· Fu'ad and qalb (the heart as insight)· The world's createdness or eternity· Religious experience· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· The transmigration of souls· Tests of religious experience: intellectual and pragmatic· Abd al-Rahman Badawi

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.38
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Wisdom (al-hikma)

Sha'rawi holds that the root sense of hikma is the bit placed in a horse's mouth to control it, that calling God wise means He sets each thing within its frame and limits, and that wisdom is for each thing to do what is required of it skilfully.