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al-Kindi - Wikipedia. Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī ( / ælˈkɪndi /; Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي; Latin: Alkindus; c. 801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslim polymath active as a philosopher, mathematician, physician, and music theorist.
Dec 1, 2006 · Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (ca. 800–870 CE) was the first self-identified philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators who rendered works of Aristotle, the Neoplatonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into Arabic.
al-Kindī (died c. 870) was the first outstanding Islamic philosopher, known as “the philosopher of the Arabs .” Al-Kindī was born of noble Arabic descent and flourished in Iraq under the Abbasid caliphs al-Maʾmūn (813–833) and al-Muʿtaṣim (833–842).
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Al-Kindi was a prominent philosopher and scientist of the classical age of Islam, who studied and translated Greek, Indian and Persian works. He made original contributions to logic, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, physics, geometry, medicine and music, and developed his own ideas on akhlaq (character and ethics).
May 6, 2007 · Ishaq al-Kindi was an early Arab scholar of the 9th century, one of the first great scientists that set the stage for the brilliant Islamic tradition of learning. His works in philosophy, cosmology, mathematics, optics, music, cryptology and medicine had a tremendous influence on later centuries.
Apr 25, 2019 · Learn about Al-Kindi, the father of Islamic philosophy and a polymath scientist. Find his biography, works, articles, and related philosophers and scholars.
Dec 18, 2022 · Yaqub ibn Isaq al-Kindi (Latin: Alkindus) (c. 801–873 CE), known as “the Philosopher of the Arabs”, was a Muslim Arab scientist, philosopher, mathematician, physician, and musician.
