Al-Farabi

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Islamic philosopher commentator on Aristotle logician metaphysician music theorist philosopher political philosopher polymath

Al-Farabi was a pioneering 10th-century Islamic philosopher and polymath, often called the “Second Teacher” after Aristotle, whose works profoundly shaped medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophy.

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Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Farabi 1
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instanceOf Islamic philosopher ⓘ
commentator on Aristotle ⓘ
logician ⓘ
metaphysician ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
birthCentury 10th century ⓘ
birthDateApproximate c. 872 ⓘ
comparisonTitle Second Teacher after Aristotle ⓘ
culturalSphere Islamic world ⓘ
deathDateApproximate c. 950 ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
Medieval philosophy ⓘ
field epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
fullName Al-Farabi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Farabi
honorificName Second Master ⓘ
Second Teacher ⓘ
al-Muallim al-Thani ⓘ
influenced Avicenna ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
medieval Islamic philosophy ⓘ
medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
knownFor classification of the sciences ⓘ
metaphysics of emanation ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
systematic synthesis of Plato and Aristotle ⓘ
theory of intellect ⓘ
works on logic ⓘ
works on music theory ⓘ
languageOfWriting Arabic ⓘ
majorWork Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila ⓘ
Ihsa al-Ulum ⓘ
Kitab al-Huruf ⓘ
Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn ⓘ
Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir ⓘ
al-Madina al-Fadila ⓘ
majorWorkEnglishTitle Enumeration of the Sciences ⓘ
The Great Book of Music ⓘ
The Harmonization of the Opinions of the Two Sages ⓘ
The Virtuous City ⓘ
name Al-Farabi self-link ⓘ
notableConcept classification of the sciences ⓘ
emanationist cosmology ⓘ
hierarchy of intellects ⓘ
perfect ruler as philosopher-prophet ⓘ
virtuous city ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic school ⓘ
surface form: Peripatetic philosophy
regionOfActivity Baghdad ⓘ
Central Islamic lands ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roleInTradition founder of Farabian school of philosophy ⓘ
key transmitter of Greek philosophy into Islamic thought ⓘ

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Al-Farabi → fullName → Al-Farabi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Farabi
Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al‑Farabi
Al-Kindi → influenced → Al-Farabi ⓘ
Averroes → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fārābī
Avicenna → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Farabi
Maimonides → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ
Islamic philosophy → majorFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ
Al-Farabi → name → Al-Farabi self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Fārābī