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Al-Farabi - Part 1: The philosopher at the crossroads of worlds
Picture a world where philosophy is a new arrival, not a settled authority. Where ideas from distant lands are remade through translation, and the question of who should rule is tangled with prophecy and law. This is the world that shaped Al-Farabi. In the ninth and tenth centuries, Baghdad was the intellectual heart of the Abbasid caliphate—a city humming with debate, translation, and rivalry.
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