{"product_id":"al-farabi-the-second-teacher","title":"Al-Farabi, the Second Teacher","description":"\u003ctable class=\"art_table\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"art_quote\"\u003eInspired by Persian poetry and history, the ancient art of miniature lives on with the artist from Bukhara, Uzbekistan.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arthousesf.com\/collections\/feruz-temirov\" class=\"art_read_more\"\u003eRead more about Feruz\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arthousesf.com\/collections\/feruz-temirov\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Feruz Temirov - Persian Miniaturist from Bukhara\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0419\/9497\/7445\/files\/feruz_temirov_240px.jpg?v=1744509521\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Farabi was called the Second Teacher — the first being Aristotle. Ibn Sina wrote that he read Aristotle's \u003cem\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e forty times without understanding it, until he bought al-Farabi's short commentary, \u003cem\u003eOn the Aims of the Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e, for three dirhams in a booksellers' market, and it all came clear. Al-Farabi also wrote the \u003cem\u003eGreat Book of Music\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eKitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir\u003c\/em\u003e), for centuries the standard work on music theory in the Islamic world, and \u003cem\u003eThe Virtuous City\u003c\/em\u003e, his answer to Plato's \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e. Here he is simply reading by candlelight, which is how all of it started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"art_table\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_head\"\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_head\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_txt\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arthousesf.com\/pages\/art-mediums-explained\"\u003eWatercolor, acrylic, tempera, gold gouache on paper\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_txt\"\u003e13.75\" H, 10.9\" W framed (artwork 7.5\" H, 5.5\" W)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_head\"\u003eFraming\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_head\"\u003eFrom\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_txt\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arthousesf.com\/pages\/framing-your-art\"\u003eMaple wood frame, NGA pickle white finish, UV-filter, non-glare plexiglass\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"art_table_txt\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Bukhara,+Uzbekistan\"\u003eBukhara, Uzbekistan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Feruz Temirov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67891752632535,"sku":"TEM-MI-ALFARABI","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0419\/9497\/7445\/files\/persian-miniature-al-farabi-feruz-temirov-main.jpg?v=1793069598","url":"https:\/\/www.arthousesf.com\/products\/al-farabi-the-second-teacher","provider":"Art House SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}