To readers familiar with Ibn ‘Arabī’s thinking, the title of this paper may seem over-ambitious. The Symbolism of Letters and Language in the Work of Ibn ArabiĪnimal world and Perfect Man: Ibn Arabi and the metaphysics of ecology He has published several books and many articles on Sufism, Arabic alchemy, Islamic esotericism. His participation in international conferences, panels, and research groups frequently takes him to the Middle East, North Africa, Iran… He was also director of the department of Arabic studies at the Institut Français du Proche-Orient, in Damascus, from 2007 to 2011. He became Professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) in 1991. He then pursued further post-graduate work in Islamic Studies, receiving a "Doctorat d’état". He earned a Masters on mystical exegesis in the Koran, and a PhD on Arabic alchemical texts (1981). He decided to focus his research on the history of Islamic spirituality and Sufism. He moved to the Middle East, where he lived in Lebanon and Syria while completing advanced coursework in Arabic. Pierre Lory pursued his studies in political science and in Arabic literature in Paris.
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