Al Farabi

257 H (870 AD)-339 H (950 AD)

presented by Robin Asbury

Background

Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkham ibn Uzlugh

Known also as Ibn Abi Rabi Born Wasij, district of Farab No autobiography Baghdad, Egypt, Syria Death?

Educating al-Farabi

Abu Bishr Matta ibn Yunus Nestorian Christian Scientist

Yuhanna ibn Haylan Christian Cleric Abu Bakr ibn Siraj

Context

Abbasid rule
Fight over legitimacy

Political Theory

States
Virtuous Non-Virtuous

Body analogy
stratification

Ideal leader

Contemporary

Sharing of power
Moral character of government

Works Consulted

Sjadzali, H. Munawir. Islam and Governmental System. Jakarta: INIS, 1991.

Fakhry, Majid. Al-Farabi: Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism. Oxford: One World Publications, 2002. Hammond, Robert. The Philosophy of AlFarabi. New York: Hobson Book Press, 1947.

"al-Farabi, Abu Nasr (c.870-950)". Muslim Philosophy. 7 September 2012. Retrieved from http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/H021.htm
al-Talibi, 'Ammar. "Al-Farabi's Doctrine of Education: Between Philosophy and Sociological Theory". Muslim Heritage.com. 14 February 2009. Retrieved from http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?articleID=1080

Butterworth, Charles E. and Muhsin Mahdi."AlFarabi: Book of Letters." 14 October 2009. Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/21010783/Alfarabi-Book-of-Letters
King, Peter J. "Philosophers: al-Farabi". This & That. 7 September 2012. Retrieved from http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/al-farabi.html