Al-Farabi

scientist and philosopher

872 CE to 951 CE

Al-Farabi (c. 872 in Fārāb – between 14 December, 950 and 12 January, 951 in Damascus), is a renowned scientist and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age.

He is also a cosmologist, logician, and musician.

Through his commentaries and treatises, Al-Farabi becomes well known among medieval Muslim intellectuals as "The Second Teacher", that is, the successor to Aristotle, "The First Teacher".

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