Al-Kindi

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Al-Kindi was a pioneering 9th-century Arab philosopher, mathematician, and polymath often called the “Philosopher of the Arabs” for his role in introducing and developing Greek philosophy within the Islamic intellectual tradition.

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Al-Kindi canonical 11
al-Kindi 4
Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab philosopher ⓘ
Islamic philosopher ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
early medieval philosopher ⓘ
logician ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
associatedWith House of Wisdom in Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: House of Wisdom
birthDate c. 801 ⓘ
birthPlace Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
contribution development of a philosophical vocabulary in Arabic ⓘ
early formulation of frequency analysis in cryptanalysis ⓘ
systematic use of mathematics in medicine and pharmacology ⓘ
deathDate c. 873 ⓘ
deathPlace Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
employer Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
Medieval philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cryptology ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
honorificName Philosopher of the Arabs ⓘ
influenced Al-Farabi ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
later Islamic philosophers ⓘ
medieval Latin scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
knownFor early work on cryptanalysis ⓘ
integrating Aristotelian and Neoplatonic thought with Islamic theology ⓘ
introducing Greek philosophy into the Arabic-speaking world ⓘ
works on astrology and astronomy ⓘ
works on logic ⓘ
works on mathematics ⓘ
works on medicine ⓘ
works on metaphysics ⓘ
works on music theory ⓘ
works on optics ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
translated Greek works into Arabic ⓘ
notableWork De Gradibus (On Degrees) ⓘ
On First Philosophy ⓘ
On the Use of the Indian Numerals ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
patron Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic philosophy in the Islamic world ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
workLocation Baghdad ⓘ

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House of Wisdom → notableScholar → al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
Islamic medicine → keyFigure → Al-Kindi ⓘ
Al-Kindi → fullName → Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
Al-Mutanabbi → nisba → al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
Islamic optics → majorFigure → Al-Kindi ⓘ
On First Philosophy → author → Al-Kindi ⓘ
De Gradibus → author → Al-Kindi ⓘ
subject linked to: De Gradibus (On Degrees)
Arabic maqam → hasTheorist → Al-Kindi ⓘ
History of Islamic Philosophy → discusses → al-Kindi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kindi
Kalam Cosmological Argument → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Al-Kindi ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kalam Cosmological Argument