Philosopher · Early Middle Ages · Iraq

Al Kindi

c. 801–c. 873

Arab thinker of Kufa, in modern Iraq, called the philosopher of the Arabs, the first major Islamic philosopher. He worked in Baghdad's House of Wisdom, translating and commenting on Greek thought. He lived about 801 to 873.

Facts

Born: About 801, Kufa, Iraq.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Kindi
Died: About 873, Baghdad.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Kindi
School: Islamic Peripatetic philosophy, from Aristotle and Neoplatonism.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Kindi
Known for: Over 260 works on metaphysics, optics, music, and medicine, and the first known use of frequency analysis to break ciphers.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Kindi

Images

Al Kindi on a 1962 Iraqi postage stamp (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

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PhilosopherAristotle384–322 BC PhilosopherAl Farabic. 872–c. 950

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