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    Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد الفارابي, romanized: Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī; c. 870 — 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 … See more

    The existing variations in the basic accounts of al-Farabi's origins and pedigree indicate that they were not recorded during his lifetime or soon thereafter by anyone with concrete information, but … See more

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    Al-Farabi's religious affiliation within Islam is disputed. While some historians identify him as Sunni, some others assert he was Shia or influenced by Shia. Fauzi Najjar argues that al-Farabi's political philosophy was influenced by Shiite sects. Giving a positive account, See more

    Al-Farabi made contributions to the fields of logic, mathematics, music, philosophy, psychology, and education.
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    Metaphysics and cosmology
    In contrast to al-Kindi, who considered the subject of metaphysics to be God, al-Farabi believed that it was concerned primarily with being … See more

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    1. ^ Artistic impression of Farabi, in the Liber Chronicarumby Hartmann Schedel, finished in 1493 AD. … See more

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    Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi ( Arabic: أبو نصر محمد الفارابي, romanized : Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī; c. 870 [H] — 14 December 950–12 January 951), known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, [I] was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist.
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    He died a bachelor in Damascus in 339 A.H. /950 A.D. at the age of 80 years. Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi was one the earliest Islamic intellectuals who was instrumental in transmitting the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle to the Muslim world. He had a considerable influence on the later Islamic philosophers such as Avicenna.
    And Abu Nasr Al-Farabi’s translations from Aristotle and Plato were definitely valuable elements of this bridge of knowledge. (Al-Farabi definitely spoke and read Arabic and Greek, but his native language was Turkic, and he devoted his life to facilitating the passage of knowledge between the scholars of all these three language groups.)
    Al-Farabi did not question Islam, but he made every effort to enrich it by science. He was a Moslem scholar who was a passionate lover of European knowledge. It must be said that this love was not always unrequited. Abu Nasr Al-Farabi was praised by Pico della Mirandola in the 15th century and in the 14th century by Dante.
  5. Abu Nasr Al-Farabi: a Thousand Years Long Odyssey of …

    WEBAug 31, 2020 · Albert Fischler. The great Central Asian intellectual Abu Nasr Al-Farabi was born 1150 years ago and spent the 80 years of his …

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    • WEBAug 11, 2022 · By Nadda Osman. Published date: 11 August 2022 11:19 BST | Last update:11 months ago. Little is known for certain about Abu Nasr al-Farabi’s origins but many historians suspect he was...

    • WEBAbu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi was one the earliest Islamic intellectuals who was instrumental in transmitting the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle to the Muslim world. He had a considerable influence on the later Islamic …

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