Syed Zafarul Hasan facts for kids
Syed Zafarul Hasan (born February 14, 1885 – died June 19, 1949) was an important Pakistani Muslim thinker and philosopher in the 1900s.
About His Life
Syed Zafarul Hasan was the oldest son of Khan Sahib Syed Diwan Mohammad.
He studied at Aligarh and earned degrees in law. He then went on to get special doctorates from universities in Germany (Erlangen and Heidelberg) and from Oxford University in England. Dr. Zafarul Hasan was the first Muslim scholar from the Indian subcontinent to earn a PhD in Philosophy from Oxford. His PhD paper, called Realism, is a very important work on the topic. Famous thinkers and educators, like his teacher Professor John Alexander Smith and Allama Mohammad Iqbal, praised his work.
He began teaching at Aligarh Muslim University in India in 1911. In 1913, he became a philosophy professor at Islamia College in Peshawar. From 1924 to 1945, he taught philosophy again at Aligarh Muslim University. There, he also led the Philosophy Department and was the Dean of the Arts Faculty.
In 1939, he worked with Dr. Afzaal Hussain Qadri to create the 'Aligarh Scheme'. They wrote a plan called "The Problem of Indian Muslims." This plan suggested creating three independent states for Muslims.
From 1945 until India and Pakistan became separate countries, Dr. Hasan was a special professor at Aligarh. In August 1947, he moved to Lahore, Pakistan. He started writing a new book but passed away in 1949 before he could finish it. Only one part, called "PHILOSOPHY - A Critique," was ready. It was published in Lahore in 1988.
He received many honors and was part of several important groups. He was a member of the Executive Council and the Committee of Advanced Studies at Aligarh Muslim University. He was also involved with the International Academy of Philosophy in Germany and the Philosophical Congress in India.
His Books and Writings
- Realism - An Attempt To Trace Its Origin And Development In Its Chief Representatives (Cambridge University Press, London, 1928)
- Realism (translated into Urdu), 1927
- Monismus Spinozas, 1922
- Descartes' Dualism, 1912
- Philosophy and Education, 1927
- Philosophy and Its Advantages, 1931
- Realism is not Metaphysics, 1931
- Islamics, 1936
- The Problem, 1933
- Revelation and Apostle, 1937
- Message of Iqbal, 1938
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Islam
- Philosophy of Kant
- PHILOSOPHY - A Critique (Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore, 1988)
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Sources
- World Biography, Fourth Edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, Institute for Research in Biography, New York, page 2183.
