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Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse

• The formative period of Islamic philosophy begins in Baghdad’s House of Wisdom during the late 8th century.

• The principle figure is al-Kindi. He commissioned numerous translations of Greek texts into Arabic, and developed his own philosophical position out of a synthesis of Platonic, neo-Platonic and Aristotelian sources.

• He also applied philosophical methods to several of the theological debates within Islam.

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