The Great Book of Music (10th century) - Page 5

⚠The document is in Arabic, not Latin as suggested in the prompt.

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A discourse on the meaning of the name "Philosophy."

A book on civil associations. original: "Al-Ijtima'at al-Madaniyya," referring to the ways humans gather and organize in societies.

A book titled The Introduction to Imaginary Geometry. original: "Al-Handasa al-Wahmiyya," likely referring to theoretical or mental geometry as opposed to applied surveying.

A discourse on poetry and rhymes.

A discourse on the motion of the celestial spheres.

An essay on the craft of chemistry. In this period, the term "Al-Kimiya" encompassed both chemistry and alchemy.

A discourse on Substance. original: "Al-Jawhar," a fundamental concept in Aristotelian metaphysics regarding the essence of things.

A book in refutation of Galen regarding his interpretation of Aristotle's words. Galen was a prominent Greek physician; Al-Farabi often defended Aristotle's logical and physical views against Galen's criticisms.

A book in refutation of Al-Razi regarding Divine Science. Abu Bakr al-Razi was a famous physician and philosopher whose heterodox metaphysical views—the "Divine Science"—were often criticized by more traditional Aristotelians like Al-Farabi.

A book on the enumeration and classification of the sciences. This is his famous Ihsa’ al-’Ulum, which served as a foundational encyclopedia of knowledge in the Middle Ages.

The book of the Virtuous City, the Ignorant City, the Immoral City, the Common City, and the Erring City. These represent Al-Farabi's political categories, where the "Virtuous City" is the ideal society led by a philosopher-prophet.

Ibn Abi Usaybi'a A 13th-century historian who wrote the most famous biographical dictionary of physicians and philosophers. mentioned that Al-Farabi began composing the book The People of the Virtuous City in Baghdad and carried it with him to the Levant at the end of the year 330 AH Approximately 941-942 AD.. He completed it in Damascus in the year 331 AH. He edited it, and after reviewing the manuscript post-editing, he established the chapters within it. Later, some people asked him to create sections that would clarify the division of its meanings, so he composed these sections in Egypt in the year 337 AH. They consist of six sections.

Among Al-Farabi's works on the craft of music:

The Great Book of Music, which he composed for the Vizier Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Karkhi. This is perhaps the most influential work on music theory from the Islamic Golden Age.

A book on the enumeration of rhythm.