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Al-Farabi

Born

Fārāb, Abbasid Caliphate

Died

December 08, 0949

Genre

Philosophy, Religion

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Al-Farabi (/ˌælfəˈrɑːbi/; Arabic: ابو نصر محمد بن محمد فارابی Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Al Fārābī;, known in the West as Alpharabius (c. 872[2] in Fārāb – between 14 December, 950 and 12 January, 951 in Damascus), Born c. 872 Fārāb on the Jaxartes (Syr Darya) in modern Kazakhstan or Faryāb in Khorāsān (modern day Afghanistan) and Died in Damascus, Syria
He was a renowned philosopher and jurist who wrote in the fields of political philosophy, metaphysics, ethics and logic. He was also a scientist, cosmologist, mathematician and music scholar.
In Arabic philosophical tradition, he is known with the honorific "the Second Master", after Aristotle. He is credited with preserving the original Greek texts during the Middle Ages because of his c ...more

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	آراء أهل المدينة الفاضلة by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي 3.53 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 900 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutluluğun Kazanılması by Al-Farabi, Ahmet Arslan (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 900 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كتاب الموسيقى الكبير by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي, غطاس عبد الملك خشبة (تحقيق) 4.05 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1270 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle by Al-Farabi, Muhsin Mahdi (Translator/Introduction), Charles E. Butterworth (Foreword) 3.88 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1960 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	إحصاء العلوم by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي 3.64 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 900 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Political Writings: "Selected Aphorisms" and Other Texts (Agora Editions) (VOLUME 1) by Al-Farabi (Editor), Charles E. Butterworth (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Political Writings: "Political Regime" and "Summary of Plato's Laws" by Al-Farabi, Charles E. Butterworth (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كتاب تحصيل السعادة وكتاب التنبيه على السعادة by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي 2.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	السياسة المدنية by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي, صلاح الدين الهواري (تقديم وضبط وشرح) 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الألفاظ المستخدمة في المنطق by Al-Farabi, أبو نصر الفارابي 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1034 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If boy would not fall in love, girl is not worthy of love.”
― Al-Farabi

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“To accept something on mere presumption and, likewise, to fail to investigate it may cover over, blind, and lead astray.”
― Alfarabi, The Political Writings: "Selected Aphorisms" and Other Texts (Agora Editions)

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“Alfarabi first studied Islamic jurisprudence and music in Bukhara, then moved to Marv, where he began to study logic with a Nestorian Christian monk, Yūḥannā Ibn Haylān.”
― Alfarabi, The Political Writings: "Selected Aphorisms" and Other Texts (Agora Editions)

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