Farabi
Sign in to savethumbnail|200px|Postage stamp of the USSR, issued on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Al-Farabi (1975) Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (; – 14 December 950–12 January 951), known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. He has been designated as "Father of Islamic Neoplatonism", and the "Founder of Islamic Political Philosophy".
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Al-Farabi was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist who lived in the 10th century and became known in the Latin West as Alpharabius. He is recognized as a foundational figure in Islamic thought, credited with establishing Islamic Neoplatonism and Islamic political philosophy as distinct fields of study.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 870
- Died
- ca. 950
- Works
- 142
Top works
- سياست مدنيه /
- Kitāb arāʾ ahl al-madīnah al-fāḍilah
- Idées des habitants de la cité vertuese
- al-Taʻlīqāt
- אלפאראבי
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- 154
- Total plays
- 1,047
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- Portrait of Al-Farabi—Alpharabius
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26 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Background
- Life and education
- Religious beliefs
- Works and contributions
- Alchemy
- Logic
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Psychology
- Influences and transmission
- Thought
- Metaphysics and cosmology
- Epistemology and eschatology
- Psychology, the soul and prophetic knowledge
- Practical philosophy (ethics and politics)
- Modern Western translations
- Legacy
- See also
- Citations
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumbnail|200px|Postage stamp of the USSR, issued on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Al-Farabi (1975) Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (; – 14 December 950–12 January 951), known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. He has been designated as "Father of Islamic Neoplatonism", and the "Founder of Islamic Political Philosophy".
Al-Farabi's fields of philosophical interest included—but not limited to, philosophy of society and religion; philosophy of language and logic; psychology and epistemology; metaphysics, political philosophy, and ethics. He was an expert in both practical musicianship and music theory, and although he was not intrinsically a scientist, his works incorporate astronomy, mathematics, cosmology, and physics.