Al-Farabi (persian: ابو نصر محمد بن محمد فارابي, Arabic: ابو نصر محمد الفارابي / Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī;) known in the West as Alpharabius (c. 872 in Fārāb – between 14 December, 950 and 12 January, 951 in Damascus), was a Persian scientist and philosopher of the Islamic world. He was also a cosmologist, logician, and musician. view more...