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Baghdad became a new cultural center for the Middle Ages after the founding of the Caliphate in 750 AD, and it competed with Cordoba, Spain's Muslim capital, for the title of 'the center of ancient learning' in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Abbasian capital of Baghdad
______ is known as the first genuine Muslim philosopher, and his personal thinking was shaped by Neo-Platonic philosophy, especially that of Proclus, Pantonius, and John Philoponus.
Al-Kindi
Al-Farabi's political theory, ______, emphasized the concept of a philosopher-king who possesses both intellectual virtues derived from philosophy and moral qualities required to guide subjects toward virtue.
Madina al-Fadila
______'s philosophy sought to create a comprehensive and coherent system that meets the religious requirements of Muslim culture, and his assertion of God's necessity as the basic existence is a starting point for his views on soul, intellect, and universe.
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______ condemned previous attempts by Abu Farabi and Avicenna to form a synergy between the Qur'an and Greek philosophy, and he vehemently attacked the Greek philosophers as mushrikuwn, or 'polytheists,' branding as corruptors of the Islamic faith all who adopted their theories and practices.
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