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Also Known As Arabic philosophy

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Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
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Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī
Muslim theologian
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al-Ghazālī
Muslim jurist, theologian, and mystic
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Ibn al-ʿArabī
Muslim mystic
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as-Suhrawardī
Persian mystic
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al-Fārābī
Muslim philosopher
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Hājjī Hādī Sabzevārī
Islamic philosopher
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Dawānī
Persian philosopher
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Mīr Dāmād
Islamic philosopher
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al-Kindī
Muslim philosopher