About Yahya ibn Adi
Lived 893 – 974 (aged 80–81). Yahya ibn Adi was an Arab philosopher, translator, writer, amanuensis and aphorist.
Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī (John, father of Zachary, son of Adi) known as Yahya ibn Adi (893–974) was a Syriac Orthodox Christian philosopher, theologian and translator working in Arabic.
Biography Yahya ibn Adi was born in Tikrit (modern-day Iraq) to a family of Syriac Orthodox Christians in 893.
In Baghdad he studied philosophy and medicine under Abu Bishr Matta ibn Yunus, who had also taught Al-Farabi.
He translated numerous works of Greek philosophy into Arabic, mostly from existing versions in Syriac.
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Arab Christian philosopher (893–974)
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Yahya ibn Adi was born in 893 in Tikrit.
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Yahya ibn Adi died in 974 in Baghdad.
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Yahya ibn Adi was a philosopher, translator, writer, amanuensis and aphorist.
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