Ahh, the good old days, when Philosophy could be discussed by people of different faiths without murder, terrorism, bloodshed, hypocrisy, lies, competition (I could go on, but I think you get the point)... . I certainly wish we were as enlightened today as they seemed to be back then. Further proof of the devolution of civilized discourse. . You know, before bitterness, hatred and ignorance took over...

Ahh, the good old days, when Philosophy could be discussed by people of different faiths without murder, terrorism, bloodshed, hypocrisy, lies, competition (I could go on, but I think you get the point)... . I certainly wish we were as enlightened today as they seemed to be back then. Further proof of the devolution of civilized discourse. . You know, before bitterness, hatred and ignorance took over... - If you were asked to name the most important philosopher of 10th-century Baghdad, you would presumably not hesitate to say ‘al-Farabi’. He’s one of the few thinkers of the Islamic world known to non-specialists, deservedly so given his ambitious r...