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LIFE HISTORY
Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh alFarabi was born in Wasij, a small
village near Farab in Turkistan in the
year 870 AD.
He completed his early education in
Farab and Bukhara, then furthered his
studies in Baghdad until 942 AD.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Major contributions was in philosophy,
logic and sociology. As a philosopher,
he was a Neoplatonist who combined
the ideas of Plato and Aristotle with
theology.
Thus, he became known as the second
Great Teacher( al-Mouallim al-Thani)