Aristotle, al-Fārābī, and the Dawn of Arabic Alchemy

Criminalia

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This 10th-century polymath has a main-belt asteroid named after him: 7057 al-Fārābī. Why? Well, why not. A natural philosopher in the 10th century, al-Fārābī learned from the Greeks, but he wrote for Muslims -- and he's responsible for bringing ancient Greek philosophy to the foundation of Arabic alchemy.

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