Awards and Honors
- In year 2000, a volume was devoted to him in the Library of Living Philosophers.
- Templeton Religion and Science Award (1999)
- First Muslim and first non-Western scholar to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures
- Honorary Doctor of Uppsala University, Sweden (1977)
- He was nominated and won King Faisal Foundation award, but his prize was withdrawn upon the prize knowledge of him being a Shia. He was notified of winning the prize in 1979 but later the prize was withdrawn with no explanation. Extracts from ( http://www.arabiaradio.org/ )
Read more about this topic: Hossein Nasr
Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)