The Global Al-Farabi Forum in Islamabad highlights Social Philosophy of Abu Nasr al Farabi
By Prof Shazia Cheema
Islamabad, Pakistan: Today I got an opportunity provided by Kazakhstan Embassy to attend an international forum dedicated to Abu Nasr al Farabi.
Al-Farabi’s philosophy of Society (and religion) can be labeled as an intellectual and original blend, of Aristotle and Plato’s philosophy and turns out to be a clever adaptation of Greek ethical-political thought to the needs and demands of its new context, the Islamic world of the 10
th century.
Al-Farabi is first philosopher in the Islamic world who displayed a serious interest in Philosophy of Society