Al Kindi Quotes


No one is diminished by the truth, rather does the truth ennoble all.


Context

Known as The Father of Arab Philosophy


Citations

Al-Kindi, c. 9th century, Arab Philosopher c. 1000

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Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (/ælˈkɪndi/; Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي‎; Latin: Alkindus; c. 801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician and musician. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab philosophy".