AL-FARABI AND HIS DOCTRINE OF THE VIRTUOUS SOCIETY
Keywords:
Al-Farabi, Virtuous City, Islamic Philosophy, Philosopher-King, Political Philosophy, Aristotelianism, Platonic Thought, Ethical Society, Medieval Philosophy, Islamic Golden Age.Abstract
The great thinker Abu Nasr Muhammad Ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi (c. 870–950 CE) left behind an invaluable spiritual and intellectual legacy. Al-Farabi lived during the cultural and scientific zenith of the Arab Caliphate, a period marked by its profound
intellectual and spiritual allure that attracted many peoples of the East, including the Turkic populations of Central Asia. This era of flourishing knowledge and cultural synthesis provided fertile ground for the development of thinkers like Al-Farabi, whose
contributions resonate across the fields of philosophy, ethics, and political thought.
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