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Dec 1, 2006 · Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (ca. 800–870 CE) was the first self-identified philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators who rendered works of Aristotle, the Neoplatonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into Arabic.
Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab philosophy ". [2] [3] [4] Al-Kindi was born in Kufa and educated in Baghdad. [5] He became a prominent figure in the House of Wisdom, and a number of Abbasid Caliphs appointed him to oversee the translation of Greek scientific and philosophical ...
- c. 873 (aged approximately 72), Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now in Iraq)
- Islamic philosophy
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Apr 25, 2019 · Abu Yusef Yaqoub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi ( (185-256 AH / 805-873 AD) ) is the father of Islamic Philosophy. He was also a scientist of high caliber a gifted Mathematician, astronomer, physician and a geographer as well as a talented musician. He is said to have uttered the following quote:
Dec 18, 2022 · Yaqub ibn Isaq al-Kindi (Latin: Alkindus) (c. 801–873 CE), known as “the Philosopher of the Arabs”, was a Muslim Arab scientist, philosopher, mathematician, physician, and musician.
Al-Kindi was known as the philosopher of the Arabs in contrast to the later Islamic philosophers who, though Muslim, were not Arabs and often learned Arabic as a second language. The early bio-bibliographers gave his ancestry and a long list of works, many of which are no longer extant, but his personal life remains unknown.
Jan 19, 2008 · al-Kindi''s Website. al-Kindi. (185-256 AH / 805-873 AD) Abu Yusef Yaqoub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi is the father of Islamic Philosophy. He was also a scientist of high caliber a gifted Mathematician, astronomer, physician and a geographer as well as a talented musician. Famous words:
Most historians of the period confirm the fact that al-Kindl was of pure Arab stock and a rightful descendant of Kindah (or Kindat al-Muliuk), originally a royal south-Arabian tribe3.