Persian · proper noun · People & Roles
Aristoo
अरस्तू
said a-ras-too
also written: aristotle, arastu, aristu
Meaning
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher revered in the Islamic world as 'the First Teacher'; emblem of pure rational philosophy.
Literally: the First Teacher
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ARABIC
Farabi
Al-Farabi (d. 950), philosopher called the 'Second Teacher' after Aristotle; emblem of Greek-rooted reason in Islam.
PERSIAN
Aflatoon
Plato, the Greek philosopher; the byword for supreme wisdom and the type of the lofty, world-renouncing sage. In Iqbal, criticised for leading thought away from life.
ARABIC
Yunan
Greece; ancient Greek civilisation.