Al-Farabi

E81586

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Farabi canonical	44
al-Farabi	4
Abu Nasr al-Farabi	2
Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Farabi	1
Al-Fārābī	1
Al‑Farabi	1
al-Fārābī	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
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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Guide for the Perplexed → philosophicalInfluence → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Maimonides → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Islamic ethics → hasNotableScholar → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Islamic philosophy → majorFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn → philosophicalInfluence → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Al-Farabi → name → Al-Farabi self-link ⓘ

Al-Farabi → fullName → Al-Farabi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Avicenna → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Averroes → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Al-Kindi → influenced → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Ibn Miskawayh → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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Persian culture → notablePhilosopher → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Algazel → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Tahafut al-Falasifa → criticizes → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Ibn Tufayl → influencedBy → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University → namedAfter → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Toledo School of Translators → translatedAuthor → Al-Farabi ⓘ

The Incoherence of the Philosophers → criticizes → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Islamic optics → majorFigure → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Otrar → producedNotablePerson → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Second Teacher → refersTo → Al-Farabi ⓘ

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al-Muallim al-Thani → appliedTo → Al-Farabi ⓘ

al-Muallim al-Thani → honorificFor → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Second Master → refersTo → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Second Master → honors → Al-Farabi ⓘ

The Virtuous City → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila → workByPhilosopher → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Ihsa al-Ulum → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Enumeration of the Sciences → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir → authorName → Al-Farabi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abu Nasr al-Farabi

The Great Book of Music → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

The Great Book of Music → hasNotableAuthor → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Kitab al-Huruf → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

subject surface form: Kitab al-Jamʿ bayn Raʾyay al-Ḥakimayn

The Harmonization of the Opinions of the Two Sages → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

The Harmonization of the Opinions of the Two Sages → authorName → Al-Farabi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abu Nasr al-Farabi

Second Teacher after Aristotle → refersTo → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Second Teacher after Aristotle → honors → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Second Teacher after Aristotle → hasNotableBearer → Al-Farabi ⓘ

al-Madina al-Fadila → author → Al-Farabi ⓘ

Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani → philosophicalInfluence → Al-Farabi ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Farabi