Al-Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
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Updated 2026-05-29
Medieval Islamic philosopher who synthesized Aristotle and Plato into frameworks the Islamic world ran with. Music theorist, political theorist, the guy who basically invented Islamic philosophy as a systematic discipline.
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Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi, known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. He has been designated as "Father of Islamic Neoplatonism", and the "Founder of Islamic Political Philosophy".
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