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Al-Kindi

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Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (; ; ; ) was an Arab polymath who was active as a philosopher, mathematician, physician, and music theorist. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab philosophy".

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Al-Kindi, also known by the pseudonym Abú-Júsuf ibn Ishák, was a male philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and physician. Born in Kufa and dying in Baghdad, he held citizenship in the Abbasid Caliphate and practiced Islam. His professional field encompassed mathematics, philosophy, Islamic theology, and logic. He worked as an employee of the House of Wisdom and spoke Arabic as his native language.

His notable work includes *De Gradibus*. Other recorded works are *al-Kindi's Metaphysics*, *The medical formulary; or, Aqrabadhin of al-Kindi*, *Medical Formulary of Aqrabadhin of Al-Kindi (Medieval Science Pubns, No 7)*, and *Astrorū indices Alkind'*. He was a teacher to students including Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, and Ahmad ibn al-Tayyib al-Sarakhsi.

Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
ca. 801
Died
ca. 873
Works
6

Top works

  • Mesuae Graecorum ac Arabum clarissimi medici Opera quae extant omnia
  • al-Kindi's Metaphysics
  • The medical formulary; or, Aqrabadhin of al-Kindi
  • Medical Formulary of Aqrabadhin of Al-Kindi (Medieval Science Pubns, No 7)
  • Astrorū indices Alkind'

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Syria
Active from
1983

Discography

Official siteDiscogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
19
Total plays
101

The Al-Kindî Ensemble, founded in 1983 by the french virtuoso of Arab zither (qânûn) Julien Jâlal Eddine Weiss, resident in Aleppo (capital of northern Syria and a stopping place on the famous Silk Road) is currently rated among the best formations devoted to classical Arab music, owing to the musical qualities displayed by its performers, and to the high standard of its work, steeped in the various musical traditions of the near and middle East. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Al-Kindi">Read

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,871x

  2. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,964x

  3. Tissue-based map of the human proteome

    · 2015 · cited 14,104x

  4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 10,996x

  5. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

    · 2020 · cited 10,231x

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Quotes

  • “We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself.”
  • “We ought not to be ashamed of appreciating the truth and of acquiring it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. For the seeker of truth nothing takes precedence over the truth.”

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Key facts

Philosopher.region
Islamic philosophy
Philosopher.era
Islamic Golden Age
Philosopher.image
Stamp IQ 1962 6f.jpg
Philosopher.caption
al-Kindi on Iraqi stamp from 1962
Philosopher.name
al-Kindi
Philosopher.birth_place
Kufa, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.death_date
(aged approximately 72)
Philosopher.death_place
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.main_interests
Philosophy, Islamic theology (kalam), logic, ethics, mathematics, cryptography, physics, chemistry, psychology, pharmacology, medicine, metaphysics, cosmology, astrology, music theory
Philosopher.notable_works
Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages, Epistle on Informative Parts on Music, De radiis, De aspectibus
Religious biography.embed
yes
Religious biography.religion
Islam
Religious biography.denomination
Mu'tazila

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Accomplishments
  • Philosophy
  • Astronomy
  • Optics
  • Medicine
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Cryptography
  • Meteorology
  • Music theory
  • Philosophical thought
  • Influences
  • Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • The soul and the afterlife
  • The relationship between revelation and philosophy
  • Critics and patrons
  • Legacy
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • English translations
  • Works about al-Kindi
  • External links

Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (; ; ; ) was an Arab polymath who was active as a philosopher, mathematician, physician, and music theorist. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab philosophy".

Al-Kindi was born in Kufa and educated in Baghdad. He became a prominent figure in the House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma), an institute of translation and learning patronized by the Abbasid caliphs, in Baghdad, and a number of Abbasid caliphs appointed him to oversee the translation of Greek scientific and philosophical texts into the Arabic language. This contact with "the philosophy of the ancients" (as Hellenistic philosophy was often referred to by Muslim scholars) had a profound effect on him, as he synthesized, adapted and promoted Hellenistic and Peripatetic philosophy in the Muslim world. He subsequently wrote hundreds of original treatises of his own on a range of subjects, from metaphysics, ethics, logic and psychology, to medicine, pharmacology, mathematics, astronomy, astrology and optics, and further afield to more practical topics like perfumes, swords, jewels, glass, dyes, zoology, tides, mirrors, meteorology and earthquakes.

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