Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī: A study in his unknown philosophical and scientific works

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to discuss the unknown philosophical and scientific works of Al-Kindi. Therefore, we limited our work to two points, first: a search for philosophical books that his translation sources did not directly mention, which are explanations, abbreviations, comments, or translations of the works of other philosophers. Second: Discussing his scientific works that were not included in the lists of sources for his translation, perhaps the most prominent of which is Al-Nadim’s Fihrist. The two researchers followed the historical-analytical method in preparing the study, and their study ended with a set of results, the most important of which are: the need to know the cognitive intersections between Al-Kindi’s philosophical and scientific texts. We do not find a complete bibliography of al-Kindi's books on philosophy and science, and some books were not written by al-Kindi but rather developed by his students.