Abdel rahman badawi biography for kids

Abdel Rahman Badawi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بدوي) was an important Egyptian philosopher, professor, and poet.

After successfully defending his Dissertation he was described by Dr. Taha Hussein as the first Egyptian philosopher in Egypt and the Arab world in modern times.
According to his own description, his version of existentialism differs from Heidegger's and other existentialists in that it gives priority for action rather than thought, and it founds the meanings of existence on both reason and emotion and will together, and on the living experience which depends on the inner feelings which is more capable of comprehension of living existence.

He often translated old Arabic philosophical writings.

Life of Abdel Rahman Badawi

Early Life and Education

Abdel Rahman Badawi was born into a wealthy family. However, the draft constitution was abandoned and later replaced by the 1956 constitution. Gaddafi imprisoned Badawi, publicly burning his personal library. In 1954, he joined a group working on a new constitution for Egypt.

10.1093/ahr/117.4.1061. The committee comprised of selected politicians, intellectuals and jurists (50 members). The outcome of these lectures was his book "History of Islamic Sophism from the beginning till the Second Century of the Hegira", (Kuwait, 1975). The thesis was published in book form in 1945. He had different ideas from the leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser.

In the same year, he was appointed lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Fouad University, where he was promoted to assistant professor in July, 1949. He left the country in 1966, only returning at the end of his life.

In May 1938, Badawi obtained his BA in Philosophy with distinction.

Gaddafi imprisoned Badawi, publicly burning his personal library. After completing his secondary education, he joined the Faculty of Arts of the Egyptian University. However, there is general agreement that he was a pioneer and a full-fledged master of his own field.