अल-किंदी
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 was an Arab scholar who worked across multiple fields—philosophy, mathematics, medicine, and music theory—and is recognized as the first Islamic philosopher to follow the peripatetic tradition and the founder of Arab philosophy. His work across these diverse disciplines and his foundational role in Islamic philosophical thought make him a significant figure in the history of medieval intellectual development.
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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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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Syria
- Active from
- 1983
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