PHILOSOPHER

Al-Farabi

872 - 951

Al-Farabi

Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد الفارابي, romanized: Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī; c. 870 – 14 December 950–12 January 951), 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". Al-Farabi's fields of philosophical interest included—but not limited to, philosophy of society and religion; philosophy of language and logic; psychology and epistemology; metaphysics, political philosophy, and ethics. He was an expert in both practical musicianship and music theory, and although he was not intrinsically a scientist, his works incorporate astronomy, mathematics, cosmology, and physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Farabi is the 39th most popular philosopher (down from 35th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Philosopher.

Al-Farabi is most famous for his work on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Farabi ranks 39 out of 1,267. Before him are Auguste Comte, Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Parmenides, Søren Kierkegaard, and Origen. After him are Lucretius, Rajneesh, Michel de Montaigne, Sun Tzu, Empedocles, and Plutarch.

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Auguste Comte
1798 - 1857
HPI: 85.43
Rank: 33
Martin Heidegger
1889 - 1976
HPI: 84.92
Rank: 34
Maria Montessori
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.59
Rank: 35
Parmenides
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 36
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 - 1855
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 37
Origen
185 - 254
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 38
Al-Farabi
872 - 951
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 39
Lucretius
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 40
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 41
Michel de Montaigne
1533 - 1592
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 42
Sun Tzu
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 43
Empedocles
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 44
Plutarch
46 - 127
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 45

Contemporaries

Among people born in 872, Al-Farabi ranks 1. After him are Abaoji, and Pietro II Candiano. Among people deceased in 951, Al-Farabi ranks 1. After him are Ramiro II of León, and Emperor Shizong of Liao.