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Al-Kind ī was born about 801 in al-K ū fah (Kufa), Iraq, where his father was a governor under the ‘ Abb ā sids. He studied at Baghdad, where he flourished and died about 873. As a young man he held positions in the courts of al-Ma ’ m ū m (813 – 833) and al-Mu ’ ta ṣ im (833 – 842), whose son he tutored.
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Al-Kindī was the only Islamic philosopher of Arab descent and is often referred to as the “Arab philosopher.” He was a forerunner of Avicenna and Averroes in studying Greek philosophy and attempting to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy and Islamic theology. Al-Kindī wrote 241 books, including works on geometry (32 books), medicine and philosophy (...
Al-Kindī introduced and popularized Greek philosophy in the Muslim intellectual world. His work on definitions, Fi Hudud al-Ashya’ Wa-Rusumiha (On the Definitions of Things and their Descriptions), was the origin of many standard Arabic philosophical terms (in the eleventh century, this work was superseded by Avicenna’s Book of Definitions, which w...
Arrington, Robert L. A Companion to the Philosophers. Oxford, Blackwell: 2001. ISBN 0631229671King, Peter J. One Hundred Philosophers. New York: Barron's, 2004. ISBN 0764127918Klein-Franke, F. "Al-Kindi," in S. H. Nasr and O. Leaman (eds.)., History of Islamic Philosophy, chap. 11, pp. 165–177. London: Routledge, 1996.Lindberg, David C. Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler. University of Chicago Press, 1996.All links retrieved June 17, 2023. 1. Al-Kindi– School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland 2. Al-Kindi– Islamic Philosophy Online 3. Al-Kindi– MuslimPhilosphy.com
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Al-Kindi. Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī ( Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي, Latin: Alkindus; c. 801 – 873 CE), was an Iraqi philosopher. He was called "the Philosopher of the Arabs ". He is often thought of as the first Arab philosopher, and one of the most ...
Al-Kindi was born in 801 AD in the city Kufa located in Iraq. He was born in a rich family and has a long name “Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq as-Sabbah al-Kindi”. His father was the governor of Kufa at that time. He received his early education at Kufa. For further studies, he went to Baghdad. Al-Kindi was appointed in the Grand Library of ...
Jul 1, 2020 · 6:12 pm July 1, 2020. by Qudsia Gani. Popularly known as Al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq lived between 801 and 873 CE. He was known in both the later Arabic and the Latin traditions for his writings on astrology. Al-Kindi is not Persian nomenclature but is derived from Kinda, a great Arab tribe. The need to say this is that many famous ...
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AL-KIND Ī, AB Ū-Y Ū SUF YA ʿ Q Ū B IBN ISH Ā Q (ninth century). Ab ū-Y ū suf Ya ʿ q ū b ibn Ish ā q al-Kind ī was the first outstanding Arabic-writing philosopher. He was born in the Mesopotamian city of Basra and later held a distinguished position at the caliph's court in Baghdad, where he died shortly after 870.
Al-Kindi was born in 801 A.D. in Basra, Iraq. He was a member of the Kinda tribe and he was a member of the aristocracy. His father was a local governor and this likely contributed to the early education that set the stage for his later learning. As he grew older, he would go to Baghdad where he continued his studies.
