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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.
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Jul 15, 2016 · Al-Farabi sees logic as the path to happiness (Germann, 2015). He also discusses the issue of future contingents. If the truth value of statements on future contingents is immediately determined, i.e., before the event happens, then everything is predetermined and freewill is an illusion.
Mar 1, 2024 · al-Fārābī (born c. 878, Turkistan—died c. 950, Damascus?) was a Muslim philosopher, one of the preeminent thinkers of medieval Islam. He was regarded in the medieval Islamic world as the greatest philosophical authority after Aristotle. Very little is known of al-Fārābī’s life, and his ethnic origin is a matter of dispute.
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Jun 15, 2016 · 1. Conceptual Background. 2. What is ‘philosophy of society’? 2.1 Happiness and the afterlife. 2.2 The preconditions of happiness. 3. The principle of similitude. 3.1 Being: man, society, cosmos. 3.2 Knowing: things versus symbolic representations. 4. Religion and the art of ruling. 4.1 What is ‘religion’? 4.2 Religion and rulership. 5.
Apr 16, 2019 · al-Farabi’s Philosophy of Logic and Language. First published Tue Apr 16, 2019; substantive revision Tue May 9, 2023. Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī (Iraq, c. 870–c. 950) devoted his career to introducing the work of Aristotle to educated Arabic-speaking citizens of the Islamic Empire.
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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 the "Founder of ...
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