Kindi (English spelling) al-Kindi

Japanese: キンディー - きんでぃー(英語表記)al-Kindī
Kindi (English spelling) al-Kindi

Arab philosopher. Born in Basra (or Kufa). Known as Kindi because of his origins as a Kindaite in South Arabia, he is one of the few pure Arabs in the history of Islamic philosophy, and is therefore honored as the "Arab philosopher." Under the patronage of the Abbasid Caliphs al-Ma'mun and al-Mu'tasim (reigned 833-842), he made a major contribution to translating Hellenistic texts into Arabic. As a thinker, he had an eclectic worldview that combined Neoplatonism and Aristotelian philosophy, and became the founding father of the later Islamic Peripatetic school of philosophy. On the other hand, he worked to harmonize religion and philosophy. He was a man of great learning, and his writings covered a wide range of subjects, some of which were translated into Latin in medieval Europe.

[Koro Matsumoto October 19, 2016]

[References] | Abbasid Caliphate|Aristotelian School | Neoplatonic School | Ma'mun

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Japanese:

アラブ系の哲学者。バスラ(あるいはクーファ)に生まれる。南アラビアのキンダ人の出身のためにキンディーとよばれ、イスラム哲学史上数少ない純粋のアラブ人であるため「アラブの哲学者」と敬称される。アッバース朝カリフ、アル・マームーンとアル・ムータシムal-Mu'tasim(在位833~842)の庇護(ひご)を得て、ヘレニズム思想の文献のアラビア語翻訳に大きな貢献をした。思想家としては新プラトン主義とアリストテレス哲学の折衷的世界観を有し、のちのイスラム逍遙(しょうよう)派哲学の鼻祖となった。他方、宗教と哲学の調和のために努力した。博学でその著作分野は多岐にわたり、そのいくつかは中世ヨーロッパでラテン語訳された。

[松本耿郎 2016年10月19日]

[参照項目] | アッバース朝 | アリストテレス学派 | 新プラトン学派 | マームーン

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