Zaki Naguib Mahmoud

Zaki Naguib Mahmoud زكي نجيب محمود

Born	February 2, 1905(1905-02-02) Damietta, Egypt
Died	September 8, 1993(1993-09-08) (aged 88)
Occupation	Philosopher
Nationality	Egyptian
Notable award(s)	The State Incentive Award (1960), The State Merit Award (1970), Arab Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Award (1984), The American University in Cairo Honorary Doctorate (1985)

Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (February 2, 1905 - September 8, 1993) was an Egyptian intellectual and thinker, and is considered a pioneer in modern Arabic philosophical thought. Best known with "The philosopher of authors and author of philosophers" as Abbas Mahmoud al-Akkad called him. Mahmoud adhered to logical positivism and adopted science interpretation with social motivations to reconcile the Arab tradition with modernism. Mahmoud defines the "Arab tradition" as the configuration of techniques by which our ancestors lived. And he viewed logical positivism as the spirit of "Modernism".^[1]

1 Works
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Works

Zaki Naguib has authored many books and translations in addition to his numerous articles in magazines and newspapers including the Egyptian Al Ahram.

A - In Philosophy

On Positivist Logic, two parts
On Formal Logic, 1951
On Philosophy of Science, 1952
David Hume, 1951
The Myth of Metaphysics, 1953
Theory of Knowledge, 1956
Bertrand Russell, 1956
The Live of Thought in the New World, 1956
Toward a Scientific Philosophy, 1959
The Artist East, 1960
Jaber Ibn Hayan, 1961

B - In Arabic Modernity

Renewal of Arabic Thought, 1973
The Rational and the Irrational in Our Intellectual heritage, 1975
Our Culture in Front of Contemporary Time, 1976
In Our Mental Live, 1979
With Poets, 1980
This Time and Its Culture, 1980
From a Philosophical Point of View, 1980
Preoccupations of Intellectuals, 1981
Thoughts and Positions, 1983
A New Society Or a Disaster, 1983
A Story of A Mind, 1984
In a Conjunction, 1985
About Freedom I am Talking, 1986
An Islamic Vision, 1987
On Modernization of Arabic Culture, 1988
An Arabic Between Two Cultures, 1990
The Outcome of the Years, 1991

C - Literature Writings

The Lands of The Dreams, 1939
Shakespeare, 1943
The Paradise of the Fool, 1947
Shreds of Glass, 1947
A Sunrise from the West, 1950
With the Revolution on the Doors, 1955
Days in America, 1955
A Story of a Psych, 1965

D - Writings in English

Translations of Al-Akkad Poetry, 1945
PhD Dissertation titled 'Self Determination", 1947
The Land and People of Egypt, 1956

E - Translations

a - In Philosophy

Four Dialogues of Plato, 1936
The Rich and the Poor, H. G. Wales, 1937
History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell, 1954
Logic, a Theory of Research, John Dewy, 1959,

b - In Collaboration with Ahmad Amin

The Story of Greek Philosophy, 1935
The Story of Modern Philosophy, 1936
The Story of Literature, in three parts
On Ancient and medieval Literature, 1943
On Modern Literature, 1945
On Eastern and Western Literature in the 19th century, 1948

c - In Cultural History and Literature Critique

The Arts of Literature, H. T Charlton, 1944
I Preferred Freedom, Vector Crafetchenco, 1944
The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Thee books of the 1st volume,
The Appearance of Civilization, 1950
India and its Neighbors, 1951
Japan, 1951
The Heritage of Middle Ages, 1967

References

^ Wiredu, Kwasi C.; William E. Abraham, Abiola Irele, Ifeanyi Menkiti (2004). A Companion to African Philosophy. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-20751-1, ISBN 978-0-631-20751-1.

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Name	Mahmoud, Zaki Naguib
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Date of birth	February 2, 1905
Place of birth	Dakahlia, Egypt
Date of death	September 8, 1993
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