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al-Kindi
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al-Kindī (lived 9th century)

Arab philosopher. He was the first of the so-called Arabian school, and introduced into the Islamic world a system which combined Aristotelianism and neo-Platonism. His outlook was fundamentally religious, and he considered philosophy as the ‘handmaiden of revelation’.

Of his numerous works, some moral treatises and an introduction to the study of Aristotle have been published.



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The chemists include Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Jabir ibn Hayyan, and Abu Jusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi.
00 Hardcover U850 Known as the philosopher of the Arabs, Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi first appears in Baghdad about 820 AD, where he served the caliph.
 
 
 
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