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".