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Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi ( Arabic: أبو نصر محمد الفارابي, romanized : Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī; c. 870[ 1][ H] — 14 December 950–12 January 951), [ 2] known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, [ 3][ I] was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. [ 4]
Nov 22, 2021 · First published Mon Nov 22, 2021. “Al-Fârâbî’s metaphysics”, as understood here, means not just his views, and arguments for those views, on a series of metaphysical topics, but his project of reconstructing and reviving metaphysics as a science.
aimed at presenting the true images of the Islamic caliphate (Al-Farabi, 1973, p. 125). In his Principles of the Opinions of the Citizens of the Virtuous City, al-Farabi provides the following definition of a virtuous city: “A city in which everyone cooperates to gain happiness is a virtuous city, and a society in which all people
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Fârâbî’s interest in the Greek legacy is almost exclusively an interest in the Greek sciences, chiefly philosophy but also mathematics (including astronomy and music theory) and medicine. In this he is typical of Arabic-writing authors, whether Muslim or Christian or Jewish or Sabian.
Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi (in Persian: محمد فارابی) or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Uzalagh al-Farabi ), also known in the Western world as Alpharabius, Al-Farabi, Farabi, and Abunaser (870 - 950 C.E.) was an Islamic philosopher and scientist.
Jul 29, 2024 · Al-Farabi passed away in around 950 AD, presumably in Damascus. The 7057 Al-Farabi asteroid-belt has been named in his honor. Facts About Al-Farabi. Al-Farabi was known for his love of music and was skilled at playing the lute, a stringed instrument commonly used in medieval music.
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1. Life and works. Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Awzalagh al-Farabi was born in approximately ah 257/ ad 870. He may rightly be acclaimed as one of the greatest of Islamic philosophers of all time.
