Which philosopher is NOT a contemporary of Al-Farabi?
Descartes
Yahya ibn Adi
Abu Sulayman Sijistani
Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri
Answer
Descartes is not a contemporary of Al-Farabi because they lived in different centuries. Al-Farabi lived in the 9th and 10th centuries, while Descartes lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. This means that there was a gap of several hundred years between their lifetimes.
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