AL-FARABI

Abu Nasr al-Farabi (259-339 AH / 870-950 AD) is one of the foremost Islamic Philosopher /Logician. 

Original Source Biography:

1. al-Farabi from Ibn abi-Usiba's Tabaqat al-'itbia (Arabic html)

Supplementary Material:

1. Al-Farabi: from History of Muslim Philosophy. (E-text) in PDF format only.   
2. Prof. Fakhry's Biography of al-Farabi. (informational link to the publisher) Sample Chapter.
3. Brief outline of his life and contributions. (link)
4. Encyclopedia Iranica's article. (e-text) needs editing...
5. Important entry in French about the musical side of al-Farabi. (link)

His Works:

• Kitab tashil as-Saadah (attainment of Happiness) Ed. Bumelham Arabic PDF format.
• 'Ara' ahl al-Midnia al-Fadilah (Opinions of people of the Perfect state) Ed. Bumelham Arabic PDF format.
• Kitab 'Ihsa' al-Uloom (Categories of Science) Ed. Bumelham Arabic PDF format.
• Kitab as-Siysah al-Madinyah (Public Administration) Ed. Bumelham Arabic PDF format.
• Kitab al-Huruf (Book of letters) Arabic E-text. Also in word file format.
• al-tahsil Arabic word file.
• The Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. Mahdi, M. English E-text PDF format. Also the Arabic Original (Ed. Bumelham Arabic PDF format.)
• Fusul al-Madani: Aphorisms of the Statesman, Dunlop, D. M. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 1961.
• Alfarabi: The Political Writings: Selected Aphorisms And Other Texts, Butterworth, Charles E. Cornell University Press, 2001, ISBN: 0801438578

Works about his thought:

• Al-Farabi: An Annotated Bibliography. Rescher, N. Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Press), 1962.
• Al-Farabi’s Short Commentary on Aristotle’s “Prior Analytics.” Rescher, N. Translated from the Arabic, with Introduction and Notes. Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Press), 1963.
• Tahafut al-Falasifa (Incoherence of philosophers) His most famous philosophical work. 
  • Arabic text (ed. S. Dunya) (Arabic PDF)  
  • Arabic E-text in word format -partially edited with intro restored.
  • English translation by S. A. Kamali (PDF)
• The degrees of the abstraction according to al-Farabi. (Arabic word file) by Lotfi Khayrallah. 
• Argument of Alfarabi’s Book of Religion by: Paul M. Bushmiller (link)
• Al-Fârâbî on Logic and the Sciences by: Dr Peter Adamson. 

Related Philosophers & Muslim Scholars:

• Ibn Sina  the Muslim philosopher who made him famous.
• Al-Ghazali the Muslim theologian who refuted him and Ibn Sina. 
• Ibn Rushd, one of the Muslim philosophers that tried to return Islamic Philosophy to pure Aristotlianism.
• Ibn Taymiyah, he had interesting opinions on philosophy . Site

Manuscripts:

• List of the existing manuscripts of his works. 

Multimedia (Audio & Video):

• Video: S. H. Nasr: Great thinkers series: al-Farabi. (link)
• TV Transcripts: From Egyptian TV. (E-text)

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