Al Kindi Quotes
No one is diminished by the truth, rather does the truth ennoble all.
Known as The Father of Arab Philosophy
Al-Kindi, c. 9th century, Arab Philosopher c. 1000
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This dictum is generally ignored by most fundamentalist Islamic clerics and politicians when it comes to describing the West in general, America in particular, Israel in the Middle East, lapsed Muslims, and other assorted heathens.
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".