When1: 900
When2: 930
Who: Abu Nassr Farabi [Farabi, Abu Nassr] or al-Farabi
What: philosopher
Where: Turkey/Baghdad, Iraq
works\ Utterances Used in Logic [900 to 930]; Book of Letters [900 to 930]; Attainment of Happiness [900 to 930]; Political Regime [900 to 930]; Ideas of the Inhabitants of the Virtuous City [900 to 930]; On the Perfect State [900 to 930]; Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle's De Interpretatione [900 to 930]
Detail: He lived 872 to 950, was neo-Platonist, and was Second Teacher. He wrote about prophecy and knowledge and analyzed language with new linguistics. He wrote about politics as metaphysics, which Shi'a politicians used in sixteenth century.
Metaphysics
In Islamic philosophy, God is the only ultimate reality and unity. Only such knowledge is necessary. God's omniscience of facts does not necessitate determinism, because facts are not necessary. Determinism is not about existence but about essence.
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