Biography of Al Kindi

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Al Kindi (born: 801 - died: 873), can be said is the first philosopher who was born from among the Muslims. During his life, but can speak Arabic, he is fluent in Greek as well. Many of the works of Greek philosophers, translated in Arabic, among other works of Aristotle and Plotinus. Unfortunately there is a work that translated Plotinus as essays by Aristotle and berjudulkan Theology of Aristotle, so that in future there is little confusion.

Al-Kindi came from the nobility, from Iraq. He came from Kindah tribe, living in Basra and died in Baghdad in the year 873. He was a major figure from the Arabs who became a follower of Aristotle, which has affected the concept of al-Kindi in various doctrines of thought in science and psychology.
Al Kindi wrote many works in various fields, geometry, astronomy, astrology, arithmetic, music (which is built from various principle arithmetic), physics, medicine, psychology, meteorology, and politics.

He distinguishes between the active intellect with intellect passive intellect be actual of the form itself. Discursive argument and demonstrative action he saw as the influence of the third and fourth intellect. In ontology he tried to retrieve the parameters of existing categories, which he introduced in five parts: a substance (material), shape, motion, place, time, which he calls a primary substance.

Al Kindi collect various encyclopedic works of philosophy, which is then solved by Ibn Sina (Avicenna), a century later. He is also the first character is faced with a variety of cruel acts and torture carried out by the nobles of the various religious-orthodox thinking is considered heresy, and in such tragic circumstances (of the great thinkers of Islam), al-Kindi to liberate themselves from the ruthless efforts that orthodox nobles.

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