Al-Farabi

High school (ages 12+)
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1. When was Al-Farabi born?Circa 870 AD
2. When did Al-Farabi die?Between December 14, 950, and January 12, 951 AD
3. Where was Al-Farabi born?Farab, Turkestan (modern-day Kazakhstan)
4. What is Al-Farabi known for?Founding Islamic political philosophy; 'Father of Islamic Neoplatonism'; influential music theorist
5. What is the academic title?Referred to as the 'Second Master' (Al-Mu'allim al-Thani)

Hellenistic Philosophy: The philosophical traditions that emerged in the Greek world after Aristotle, including Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Neoplatonism.
Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, its nature, scope, and justification.
Metaphysics: The branch of philosophy that deals with the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, and potentiality and actuality.