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> [ “, the core of \[Al-Kindi's\] philosophical enterprise was centered in the geometrical approach to the solution of all problems associated with metaphysics and cosmology. This focus explains the fragmentary nature of the translations from Proclus and Plotinus that he commissioned,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitri-gutas/the-core-of-al-kindi-s-philosophical-enterprise-was-centered-in-the/)

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