Al-Farabi, The Second Teacher: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarThe Second Teacher

Al-Farabiالفارابي

c. 872-950 CEApproximate dateDamascus

A philosopher from Central Asia, called the 'Second Teacher' after Aristotle.

Born near Farab on the Syr Darya, he worked in Baghdad and died in Damascus under the Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla. He wrote on logic, music and the ideal state in The Virtuous City. Ibn Sina said he understood Aristotle's Metaphysics only after reading al-Farabi.

What grew out of it?

His Great Book of Music was a classic of music theory.

Who else is linked?

Damascus Ibn Sina Al-Ghazali Sayf al-Dawla Abbasid Caliphate Aleppo Otrar

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Muktafi Al-Muqtadir Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah Abdallah ibn Muhammad Ismail ibn Ahmad Al-Mutadid Al-Qahir Al-Mundhir

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