Al-Kindi

by Peter Adamson and Peter S. Adamson

Book Overview

Al-Kindi was the first philosopher of the Islamic world. He lived in Iraq and studied in Baghdad, where he became attached to the caliphal court. In due course he would become an important figure at court: a tutor to the caliph's son, and a central figure in the translation movement of the ninth century, which rendered much of Greek philosophy, science, and medicine into Arabic. Al-Kindi's wide-ranging intellectual interests included not only philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195181433
• ISBN13: 9780195181432
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.3"