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Essay Archive - Alfarabi and Aristotle: The Four Causes and The Four Stages of The Doctrine of The Intelligence
Alfarabi and Aristotle: The Four Causes and The Four Stages of The Doctrine of
The Intelligence
Alfarabi was raised as a young boy in Baghdad. His early life was spent
studying the art of linguistics, philosophy, and logic. His teachers were
Syrian Christians experts in Greek philosophy. He studied Aristotle and Plato in
detail, and it became evident in his later writings that they were a strong
influence on him. He became quite a prolific writer, and he wrote more than 100
works, many of which have unfortunately been lost including his a lot of his
commentaries ....
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