Friday, 12 October 2012

Thursday, 11 October 2012

الجيوديسيا Geodesy

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الجيوديسيا
means Geodesy and derives from the greek word γεωδαισία which is formed from the word γαία meaning earth/soil and from the suffix -δαιτης which derives from the verb δαίομαι meaning distribute / allocate. In Turkish is jeodesi.





Aristotle as Professor with Astrolab

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

The philosopher of the Arabs/ The house of wisdom بيتا لحكمة

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Greek-Arab cultural relations: Al-Kindi
The philosopher of the Arabs

“”Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (ca. 800–870 CE) was the first self-identified philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators who rendered works of Aristotle, the Neoplatonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into Arabic.””
For more information visit the following siteS: 

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/al-kindi/#Cos


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kindi

 http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Kindi.html



 http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/kin.htm



 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom