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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.
Aug 31, 2020 · 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.
Aug 11, 2022 · By Nadda Osman. 11 August 2022 11:19 BST | Last update: 11 months 2 weeks ago. Little is known for certain about Abu Nasr al-Farabi’s origins but many historians suspect he was born...
39 minutes. read. Chapter 23: Al-Farabi. By Ibrahim Madkour. Abu Nasr al-Farabi was born in about 258/870 and he died in 339/950. Eminent founder of a philosophical system as he was, he devoted himself entirely to contemplation and speculation and kept himself aloof from political and social perturbations and turmoils.
Abu Nasr al-Farabi is widely regarded as the founder of philosophy within the Islamic world. Although he had some noteworthy predecessors, such as al-Kindi and al-Razi, he was the first philosopher of his epoch to command the unqualified respect of future generations.
Al-Farabi’s work greatly influenced the Islamic philosophers who followed him, particularly Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd, and for several centuries thereafter. He also sparked what would become an ongoing debate between representatives of philosophy and theology, as Islamic thinkers sought to reconcile disparities between the two fields.
Metaphysics. Epistemology. Political philosophy. Influence. 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.
