Abu nasr al farabi


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ABU NASR AL FARABI

  • World’s one of the greatest philosopher and thinker

BACKGROUND

  • Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh al-Farabi
  • Born in a small village Wasij, near Farab in Turkistan in 259 A.H. (870 A.D.).
  • His parents were originally of Persian descent, but his ancestors had migrated to Turkistan.
  • Known as al-Phrarabius in Europe.
  • He was called the "Second Teacher" (al-Mou'allim al-Thani)
  • Abu Nasr Farobiy 873-950

PHILOSOPHY

  • Al-Farabi held the belief that philosophy and Islam are in harmony.
  • Al-Farabi's beliefs both about what can be known and the complete range of that knowledge.
  • He proved the existence of the void in his contribution to Physics.

His book Kitab al-Ihsa al-'Ulum presents fundamental principles and classification of sciences from a fresh perspective

  • His book Kitab al-Ihsa al-'Ulum presents fundamental principles and classification of sciences from a fresh perspective
  • This book illustrates neatly al-Farabi's beliefs both about what can be known and the sheer range of that knowledge.
  • Here he leaves aside the division into theological and philosophical sciences which other Islamic thinkers would use.
  • About his book Kitab al-Ihsa Al-'Ulum
  • Kitab al-Ihsa al-’Ulum

In the book, he divides his material instead into five major chapters.

  • In the book, he divides his material instead into five major chapters.
    • Chapter 1 deals with the 'science of language',
    • Chapter 2 formally covers the 'science of logic',
    • Chapter 3 is devoted to the 'mathematical sciences',
    • Chapter 4 surveys physics and metaphysics,
    • Chapter 5 encompasses 'civil science' (some prefer the term 'political science'), jurisprudence and scholastic theology.
  • One of the important contributions of al- Farabi was to make the study of logic more easy by dividing it into two categories:
    • Takhayyul (idea)
    • Thubut (proof)

Al-Farabi also wrote a book on music, called Kitab al-Musiqa (the Book of Music).

  • Al-Farabi also wrote a book on music, called Kitab al-Musiqa (the Book of Music).
  • He was an expert in art and the science of music
  • He had invented several musical instruments, besides contributing to what we now know as "musical notes".
  • It has been reported that he could play his instrument so well that he could make people laugh or weep.
  • Kitab al-Musiqa

LIST OF AL-FARABI WORKS

  • al-Farabi (c.870-950) al-Madina al-fadila (The Virtuous City), trans. R. Walzer, Al-Farabi on the Perfect State: Abu Nasr al-Farabi's Mabadi' Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. (Revised with introduction and commentary by the translator.) al-Farabi (c.870-950) Risala fi'l-'aql (Epistle on the Intellect), ed. M. Bouyges, Beirut: Imprimerie Catholique, 1938. (A seminal text for the understanding of Farabian epistemology.) al-Farabi (c.870-950) Kitab al-huruf (The Book of Letters), ed. M. Mahdi, Beirut: Dar al-Mashriq, 1969. (Modelled on Aristotle's Metaphysics, but of interest to students of linguistics as well as of philosophy.) al-Farabi(c. 870-950) Kitab ihsa' al-'ulum (The Book of the Enumeration of the Sciences), ed. and trans. A. González Palencia, Catálogo de las Ciencias, Arabic text with Latin and Spanish translation, Madrid: Imprenta y Editorial Maestre, 1953. (A survey of the learned sciences of the day, of encyclopedic range.) al-Farabi (c.870-950) Kitab al-musiqa al-kabir (The Great Book of Music), ed. G.A. Khashab and M.A. al-Hafni, Cairo: Dar al-Katib al-'Arabi, 1967. (Al-Farabi's major contribution to musicology.)

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