The History of Philosophy in the 10th Century

Baghdad peripatetics were a group of mostly Christian thinkers who staged a revival of the philosophical activities of late ancient Alexandria. Unlike al-Kindi and other scholars of the 9th century, the Baghdad school was able to draw in a full range of texts from the Aristotelian tradition. The most famous member of this group was one who, exceptionally, was a Muslim, Al-Farabi. It's interesting that the Baghdad school followed the lead of its Alexandrian model by bringing together philosophers of disparate faiths.