Biography of al kindi abu al-kindi
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Biography of al kindi abu al-kindi
al-Kindi
Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c. 801–873)
Not to be confused with Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi.
For the surname, see al-Kindi (surname).
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al-Kindi on Iraqi stamp from 1962 | |
| Born | c. 801 Kufa, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | c. 873 (aged approximately 72) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now in Iraq) |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Islamic philosophy |
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Main interests | Philosophy, Islamic theology (kalam), logic, ethics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, psychology, pharmacology, medicine, metaphysics, cosmology, astrology, music theory |
Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (; Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي; Latin: Alkindus; c. 801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslimpolymath active as a philosopher, mathematician, physician, and music theorist.
Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab philosophy".[2]