e., those composed before the 6th/12th century, that are extant today are so few as to indicate that no one among Fārābī’s successors and their followers, or even unrelated scholars, undertook to write his full biography, a neglect that has to be taken into consideration in assessing his immediate impact. The earliest and more reliable sources, i. The sources for his life are scanty which makes the reconstruction of his biography beyond a mere outline nearly impossible. The existing variations in the basic accounts of al-Farabi's origins and pedigree indicate that they were not recorded during his lifetime or soon thereafter by anyone with concrete information, but were based on hearsay or guesses (as is the case with other contemporaries of al-Farabi). 4.4 Practical philosophy (ethics and politics).4.3 Psychology, the soul and prophetic knowledge.
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