Al-Kindi: The Philosopher of the Arabs

This book presents Al-Kindi’s philosophy in a comprehensive way for the general readers and students of Arab-Muslim thought. Al-Kindi contributed a lot in philosophical and scientific sphere.  Al-Kindi is the first of a galaxy of great Muslim thinkers whose humanistic and scientific works helped shape the trend of the medieval Arab renaissance. To study him is important not only for tracing the origin of the different tendencies in Arab-Muslim thought, but also for understanding the mythologies and attitudes of a great number of Muslim thinkers. His writings which include works on all current sciences of his time put him in a unique position to help establish the relations of Arab-Muslim philosophy. The existence of an Arab-Muslim philosophy raises many problems. In what sense can we consider it pure philosophy? In what relation does it stand to theology? What peculiarities of its own does it have? What contributions did it make to the discipline of philosophy as a whole?  Al-Kindi contributed a lot in philosophical and scientific sphere. This treatise is based on metaphysics and astronomy. It also deals with the problems of relation between philosophy, religion, and ethics.