Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi
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Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (1080? - 1165?) was an Arab Jewish philosopher and physicist. His Hebrew name was Nathanel. He wrote a critique of Aristotelian philosophy entitled al-Mu'tabar. His thought influenced another Arab Jewish philosopher 'Izz ad-Dawla ibn Kammuna. It is assumed that Abu-l-barakat had converted to Islam later in his life.
According to A. C. Crombie, Augustine to Galileo 2, he was a follower of Avicenna, who
proposed an explanation of the acceleration of falling bodies byb the accumulation of successive increments of power with successive increments of velocity. (p.67)
[edit] Further Reading
- Pines, Shlomo. (1970). "Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī , Hibat Allah". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1: 26-28. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
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