Books/Writings
  • On the Perfect State
    (Available New and Used)
Mohammed al-Farabi
870 – 950
Islami

Philosopher, Platonist, and Neoplatonist. He valued both logic and mysticism, and also wrote a utopian political tract (The Perfect City) inspired by Plato's Republic.

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