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The best man of his time, unique in his knowledge of all the ancient sciences. He is called the Philosopher of the Arabs. His books deal with different sciences, such as logic, philosophy, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, etc. We have connected him with the natural philosophers because of his prominence in Science. Al-Kindi's major contribution was his establishment of philosophy in the Islamic world and his efforts in trying to harmonize the philosophical investigation along with the Islamic theology and creed. The philosophical texts which were translated under his supervision would become the standard texts in the Islamic world for centuries to come, even after his influence has been eclipsed by later Philosophers. Al-Kindi was also an important figure in medieval Europe. Several of his books got translated into Latin influencing Western authors like Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon. The Italian Renaissance scholar Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1575) considered him one of the twelve greatest minds. In 1986, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City inaugurated the Al Kindi Plaza in the Diplomatic Quarter district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
== References ==
== Bibliography ==
=== English translations === Adamson, Peter; Pormann, Peter E., eds. (2012). The Philosophical Works of al-Kindī. New York: Oxford University Press. Farmer, Henry George (1955–56). "Al-Kindi on the 'Ethos' of Rhythm, Colour, and Perfume". Transactions of the Glasgow University Oriental Society. 16. Glasgow: Glasgow University Oriental Society.
=== Works about al-Kindi === Adamson, Peter (2007). Al-Kindī. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-518142-5. Retrieved 22 May 2011. Adamson, Peter (2005). "Al-Kindī and the reception of Greek philosophy". In Adamson, Peter; Taylor, Richard C. (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 32–51. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521817439.003. ISBN 978-0-521-81743-1. Arrington, Robert L., ed. (2001). A Companion to the Philosophers. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-22967-4. Corbin, Henry (1993). History of Islamic Philosophy. London: Keagan Paul. ISBN 9781135198886. Klein-Franke, Felix (2001). "Al-Kindi". In Leaman, Oliver; Nasr, Hossein (eds.). History of Islamic Philosophy. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415131599. Prioreschi, Plinio (2002). "Al-Kindi, A Precursor of the Scientific Revolution" (PDF). Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine. 2: 17–19. Prioreschi, Plinio (1996). "Medicine: al-Kindi". A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic medicine. Vol. 4. Omaha: Horatius Press. pp. 227–235. Schewe, Stephanie (2018). Al-Kindī und die Wirkung der Musik. 'Das Buch der Chordophone von den einsaitigen bis zu den zehnsaitigen' (Kitāb al-muṣawwitāt al-watariyya min ḏāt al-watar al-wāḥid ilā ḏāt al-ʿašarat al-autār). Frankfurt: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science. ISBN 978-3-8298-5015-5.
== External links ==
Adamson, Peter. "Al-Kindi". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054. OCLC 429049174. Cooper, Glen M. (2007). "Kindī: Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 635–6. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version) Alkindus (Bibliotheca Augustana) O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Sabbah Al-Kindi", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews Al-Kindi – Famous Muslims Al-Kindi's website – Islamic Philosophy Online Dr. Mashhad Al-Allaf DOC – Three texts by Al Kindi in the Islamic Philosophy section Benjamnin N. Dyke's translation of Al-Kindi's Forty Chapters with PDF extracts from the Introduction and main text Texts on Wikisource: "al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya'ḳub ibn Isḥak". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. "Kindī". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. "Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya'kub Ibn Ishak Al-". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.