Al-Farabi (Abu Nasr al-Farabi)
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Al-Farabi (Abu Nasr al-Farabi) 🇰🇿

أبو نصر محمد الفارابي (Known as "The Second Teacher (Al-Mu'allim al-Thani)")
Islamic Golden Age Philosopher, Political Theorist, Musicologist, Logician
Born c. 872 CE 🇰🇿 Farab (Otrar), Kazakhstan
Passed Away 950 CE Damascus, Syria
Lifespan ~78 years old
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"The virtuous city resembles the healthy human body whose organs all cooperate to preserve the life of the whole and make it perfect."

Archival Overview

Revered across medieval civilizations as 'The Second Teacher' (after Aristotle), who integrated logic, Neoplatonic metaphysics, and political philosophy in The Virtuous City.

Biographical Record

Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 872–950 CE), born in Farab on the Silk Road, studied logic in Baghdad under Christian masters before living at the cosmopolitan court of Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo and Damascus. He lived as an ascetic Sufi, carrying out his philosophical inquiries with monastic detachment.

His political masterwork, The Virtuous City (*Al-Madina al-Fadila*), synthesized Plato's Republic with Islamic statecraft, comparing the healthy state to a living body whose organs cooperate under a philosopher-king. His monumental *Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir* (Great Book of Music) pioneered musical acoustic theory.

Key Life Milestones

c. 935 CE

Composition of 'The Virtuous City'

Authored his magnum opus on political philosophy, civic virtue, and the ideal governance of human societies.

c. 945 CE

Publication of 'The Great Book of Music'

Compiled the most comprehensive acoustic and musical treatise of the Middle Ages, inventing new modal instruments.

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Final Resting Place

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Bab al-Saghir Historical Cemetery
Damascus, Syria
GPS: 33.5042, 36.3075
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