Philosopher · Early Middle Ages · Kazakhstan
Al Farabi
c. 872–c. 950
Turkic born Islamic philosopher from Farab, in modern Kazakhstan, who worked at Baghdad and died at Damascus. Called the Second Teacher, after Aristotle, he joined Greek logic to Islamic political thought. He lived about 872 to 950.
Facts
- Born
- About 872, Farab, in what is now Kazakhstan.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Farabi
- Died
- About 950, Damascus, Syria.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Farabi
- School
- Islamic Peripatetic philosophy, with Platonic political theory.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Farabi
- Known for
- Commentaries on Aristotle and Plato, and The Virtuous City, on the perfect state ruled by the philosopher.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Farabi
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