Dear Murtaza:

“she thinks I don’t care about anything (which is true) but for her I can care, I don’t know how can I explain this to her”, “for example her liking to philosophers, in our conversation before I was dumb enough to say I don’t like them”, “for her I can care”-

Ibn al-Haytham was an Arab mathematician, physicist, and astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age, born July 1, 0965 in Basra, Iraq, died at 75 years old. He is best remembered for his contributions to the principles of optics for which he is called the father of modern optics. He was the first person to explain visual perception. He also wrote influential books on philosophy, medicine, and theology.

Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī was an Arab Muslim philosopher, physician and musician, called the “father of Arab philosophy”, born in Kufa in 801, educated in Baghdad, died at about 72. He was a prominent figure in the House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad. His greatest contribution to the development of Islamic philosophy was his efforts to make Greek thought both accessible and acceptable to a Muslim audience. There is a whole entry on him in Wikipedia.

anita

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