Abu Nasr Muhammad Ibn al-Farakh al-Farabi was born in a small village Wasij, near Farab in Turkistan in 259 A.H.(870 C.E.). As a philosopher and scientist, he acquired great proficiency in various branches of learning and is reported to have been expert in different languages.
Farabi contributed considerably to Science, Philosophy, Logic, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Mathematics and Music. He was also an encyclopedist. Author of large number of books on several subjects embodying his original contribution; he came to be known as the “Secont Teacher” (al-Muallam al-Sani) Aristotle being the first. One of the important contributions of the Farabi was to make the study of logic easier by dividing it into two categories viz., Takhayyul (idea) and Sabut (proof).
In Sociology he wrote several books out of which Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila became famous. He also wrote a book on Music, captioned Kitab al-Musiqa and invented several musical instruments.
Farabi contributed considerably to Science, Philosophy, Logic, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Mathematics and Music. He was also an encyclopedist. Author of large number of books on several subjects embodying his original contribution; he came to be known as the “Secont Teacher” (al-Muallam al-Sani) Aristotle being the first. One of the important contributions of the Farabi was to make the study of logic easier by dividing it into two categories viz., Takhayyul (idea) and Sabut (proof).
In Sociology he wrote several books out of which Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila became famous. He also wrote a book on Music, captioned Kitab al-Musiqa and invented several musical instruments.
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