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    Philosophy

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    firmly given treatises of his own interpretation on this subject. This has caused manygfjkfgmngcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccb scholars and other philosophers to critique his understandings and express their own viewpoints of Yahyah Ibn Adi’s philosophy on the unity and trinity of God. Emilio Platti in his article Yahya B. Adi And His Refutation Of Al-Warraq’s Treatise On The Trinity In Relation To His Other Works and Sidney H. Griffith in her article Commending Virtue And A Humane Polity In 10th

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    Political Philosophy

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    ravages of time contain five on politics as under: 1. A Summary of Plato’s Laws 2. Siyasatu’l-Madaniyah 3. Ara’u ahli’l-Madinatu’l-Fadilah 4. Jawami’u’s-Siyasat 5. Ijtima’atu’l-Madaniyah Contribution of Al-Farabi to  Islamic Political Thought “In pure philosophy‚ Farabi became as famous as any philosopher of Islam‚ and it is said that a savant of caliber of Avicenna found himself entirely incapable of understanding the true bearing of Aristotle’s Metaphysics until one day he casually

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    to our mind. Many had forgotten those Islamic scholars that were once growing like mushrooms. Sadly‚ even Muslim these days are unaware of these people. 1) Ibn Khaldun Given name is Abu Zaid Abdul Rahman Bin Muhammad Bin Khaldun Al-Hadrami. He was born in the capital of Tunisia‚ Tunis on Ramadhan 1st‚ 732 Hijri or May 27th‚ 1332. Ibn Khaldun is a famous figure in many fields such as astronomy‚ economy‚ history‚ philosophy and others. He attained his early education by studying the Holy Quran.

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    The Golden Age of Islam

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    The golden age of Islamic (and/or Muslim) art lasted from 750 to the 16th century‚ when ceramics‚ glass‚ metalwork‚ textiles‚ illuminated manuscripts‚ and woodwork flourished. Lustrous glazing was an Islamic contribution to ceramics. Islamic luster-painted ceramics were imitated by Italian potters during the Renaissance. Manuscript illumination developed into an important and greatly respected art‚ and portrait miniature painting flourished in Persia. Calligraphy‚ an essential aspect of written Arabic

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    foremost physician and Islamic philosopher of his time. He was also an astronomer‚ chemist‚ Hafiz‚ logician‚ mathematician‚ physicist‚ poet‚ psychologist‚ scientist‚ Sheikh‚ soldier‚ statesman and theologian. His most famous works are The Book of Healing‚ a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia‚ and The Canon of Medicine‚ which was a standard medical text at many Islamic and European universities up until the early 19th century . Ibn Sīnā is regarded as a father of early modern medicine‚

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    Ibn Rushd

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    the Latin West as Averroes‚ lived during a unique period in Western intellectual history‚ in which interest in philosophy and theology was waning in the Muslim world and just beginning to flourish in Latin Christendom. Just fifteen years before his birth‚ the great critic of Islamic philosophy‚ al-Ghazzali (1058-1111)‚ had died after striking a blow against Muslim Neoplatonic philosophy‚ particularly against the work of the philosopher Ibn Sina (Avicenna). From such bleak circumstances emerged the

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    Civilization

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    Factors that Aided Islamic Civilization Civilization (or civilization) is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways. Primarily‚ the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology‚ science‚ and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally hierarchical and urbanized. In a classical context‚ people were called "civilized" to set them apart from barbarians‚ savages‚ and primitive

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    Al Farabi

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    Heba Raouf Plato‚ Aristotle and Alfarabi On The Notion of Citizenship Introduction Alfarabi was the first of all philosophers to try to link political philosophy with Islam. Alfarabi is significant because he was able to improve the classical political tradition of Aristotle and Plato and place it within the context of Islamic religious principles. Despite the fact that there is general agreement amongst scholars that Alfarabi clearly draws from Plato in his interpretation of the philosopher-king

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    Seljuk Empire Essay

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    II.The decline of the Ghaznavids and rise of the Seljuk empire‚ 1040-1200 it was a new dynasty that was no longer run by a caliphate or family member of a religious background it was run by the sultan. The relationship of the sultan and the caliph relationship started when the Turks entered Islam. The caliphate‚ was replaced by a new institution the sultan. The Turks were brought in to fight in the military by them either being slaves or adventurers. Through their service they became excellent soldiers

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    Adab and Falsafa

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    To what extent do Adab and Falsafa form part of the Islamic religious tradition? Adab means discipline and training. It also detonates the good breeding and refinement that results from training‚ so that a person who behaves badly is “without abad” (de adab). Adab is the respect or deference one properly formed and trained shows to those who deserve it. The term was first encountered by the Western visitor to South Asia in its form as a greeting: “Adab!” – “my respects!” In other contexts

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