Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī

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9th-century philosopher 9th-century physician 9th-century translator Christian theologian astronomer mathematician philosopher physician scientist translator

Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī was a 9th-century Syrian Melkite Christian physician, philosopher, and translator who played a key role in transmitting Greek scientific and philosophical works into Arabic.

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instanceOf	9th-century philosopher ⓘ 9th-century physician ⓘ 9th-century translator ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ scientist ⓘ translator ⓘ
activeIn	9th century ⓘ
alternateName	Costa ben Luca NERFINISHED ⓘ Qusta ibn Luqa NERFINISHED ⓘ Qustā ibn Lūqā NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Baalbek NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlace	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Syrian ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ medicine ⓘ meteorology ⓘ music theory ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ optics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influenced	Arabic medicine ⓘ Arabic philosophy ⓘ Islamic astronomy ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Galen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
movement	Graeco-Arabic translation movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	original treatises in astronomy ⓘ original treatises in mechanics ⓘ original treatises in medicine ⓘ translating Greek philosophical works into Arabic ⓘ translating Greek scientific works into Arabic ⓘ
notableWork	On the Cause of the Rainbow NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Difference between the Spirit and the Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Motion of the Celestial Spheres NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Nature of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ scientist ⓘ translator ⓘ
religion	Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Melkite Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage	Greek ⓘ
translatedIntoLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
workedIn	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Qusta ibn Luqa → alternativeName → Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī ⓘ