![]() ![]() ![]() 277.))Īl-Farabi Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism in books which were sound in expression and intimation, drawing attention to what al-Kindi and others had overlooked in the field of analysis and the methods of instruction.’((Tabaqa¯t al-Umam, p. He explained the obscure parts (of that science) and revealed its secrets. Having studied logic with Yuh ˙ anna Ibn H˙ ayla¯n, we are told, he soon ‘outstripped all the Muslims in that field. 1070), speaks eloquently of al- Fa¯ra¯bi’s contribution to logic. The earliest biographer, S ˙ a¯‘id Ibn S ˙ a¯‘id al-Andalusi (d. His full name is given in the Arabic sources as Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn U¯ zala¯gh Ibn Tarkha¯n and he is said to have been a native of Fa¯ra¯b in Transoxiana and of Turkish or Turkoman origin. – Al-Farabi Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism The Arab biographers are unanimous in lavishing on al-Fa¯ra¯bi the highest praise. ![]()
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