Paul the Persian or Paulus Persa was a 6th-century East Syriac theologian and philosopher in the court of the Sassanid king Khosrow I (r. 531–579). Paul's treatises on Aristotle would influence medieval Islamic philosophy. Notable works include his commentary in Syriac on Aristotle's Logic, in which Paul declares the superiority of science over faith.
Paul may have studied Greek philosophy at the School of Nisibis in modern Turkey and at the Academy of Gondishapur in Iran. Scholars have variously identified him with Paul of Nisibis or Paul of Basra. The administrative capital of the Sasanid Empire was Ctesiphon in modern Iraq.
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