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Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh al-Farabi ( 870– 950 A.D.), also known in the West as Alpharabus, Alfarabi, or Farabi, was a Persian scientist and philosopher and one of the greatest of his time.
Al-Farabi was born in the small village of Wasij near Farab (then Persia today a part of Turkmenistan) from parents of Persian descent. After finishing his early school years in Farab and Bukhara, Al-Farabi arrived in Baghdad to pursue higher studies in 901 A.D. He studied in Baghdad for well over 40 years and acquired mastery over several languages and fields of knowledge.
Al-Farabi made notable contributions to the fields of mathematics, philosophy, medicine and even musicMusic often an art/ entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino. 1 It is often contrasted with noise. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez: "The border between music and no. As a philosopherA philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom. Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics Epicu and Neo-Platonist he wrote rich commentary on AristotleAristotle ( Greek Αριστοτλης Aristotelēs) ( 384 BCE March 7, 322 BCE) was a Greek scientist and philosopher. Along with Plato, he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philo's work. He is also credited for categorizing logicIn ordinary language, logic is the reasoning used to reach a conclusion from a set of assumptions. More formally, logic is the study of inference—the process whereby new assertions are produced from already established ones. As such, of particular concern into two separate groups, the first one being idea and the second being proofThe word proof can mean: originally, a test assessing the validity or quality of something. a rigorous, compelling argument, including: a logical argument or a mathematical proof (see also proof theory). a legal proof. a large accumulation of scientific e. Al-Farabi wrote books on sociologySociology is the study of social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions. A typical textbook definition of sociology calls it the study of the social lives of huma and a notable book on music titled Kitab al-Musiqa (The Book of Music). He played and invented a varied number of musical instrumentA musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that somehow produces sound can serve as a musical instrument, but the expression is reserved generally to items that have thats. Al-Farabi is also famous for his demonstration of the existence of void in physics.
Al-Farabi had great influence on science and knowledge for several centuries. Unfortunately, the book Theology of Aristotle, that he relied upon, eventually turned out to be the work of some Neo-Platonic writer. Nevertheles, he was regarded as the Second Teacher in philosophy for centuries. His work, aimed at synthesis of philosophy and sufism, paved the way for Ibn Sina's work.
Al-Farabi saw religion as a symbolic rendering of truth, and, like Plato, saw it as the duty of the philosopher to provide guidance to the state. Influenced by the writings of Aristotle, in The Ideas of the Citizens of the Virtuous City and other books he advanced the view — heretical for a Muslim — that reason is superior to revelation. He engaged in rationalistic questioning of the authority of the Koran and rejected predestination. These were unorthodox ideas, and it can be argued that they belonged to Islam in the same way that Voltaire belongs to Christianity: he was in Muslim culture but not of it, indeed opposed to its orthodox core.
His name originated the Portuguese word alfarrábio meaning an old, thick or boring book.
See also: List of Persian scientists
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