PHILOSOPHER

Al-Farabi

872 - 951

Al-Farabi

Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد الفارابي, romanized: Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī; c. 870 – 14 December 950–12 January 951), known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. He has been designated as "Father of Islamic Neoplatonism", and the "Founder of Islamic Political Philosophy". Al-Farabi's fields of philosophical interest included—but not limited to, philosophy of society and religion; philosophy of Language and Logic; psychology and epistemology; metaphysics, political philosophy, and ethics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Farabi has received more than 1,640,520 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Al-Farabi is the 35th most popular philosopher (up from 47th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Philosopher.

Al-Farabi is most famous for his work on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.

Memorability Metrics

1.6M
Page Views (PV)
84.11
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
79
Languages Editions (L)
10.75
Effective Languages (L*)
2.94
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Farabi ranks 35 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Ghazali, Erasmus, Diogenes, Parmenides, Baruch Spinoza, and Anaximander. After him are Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Plutarch, Søren Kierkegaard, David Hume, and Sun Tzu.

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Al-Ghazali
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HPI: 84.91
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Erasmus
1466 - 1536
HPI: 84.71
Rank: 30
Diogenes
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 31
Parmenides
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.41
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Baruch Spinoza
1632 - 1677
HPI: 84.35
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Anaximander
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 84.21
Rank: 34
Al-Farabi
872 - 951
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 35
Martin Heidegger
1889 - 1976
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 36
Maria Montessori
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.02
Rank: 37
Plutarch
46 - 127
HPI: 83.65
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Søren Kierkegaard
1813 - 1855
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 39
David Hume
1711 - 1776
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 40
Sun Tzu
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 41

Contemporaries

Among people born in 872, Al-Farabi ranks 1. After him are Abaoji, and Pietro II Candiano. Among people deceased in 951, Al-Farabi ranks 1. After him are Ramiro II of León, and Emperor Shizong of Liao.