seize upon
131ætfón — sv/t7 3rd pres ætféhþ past ætfeng/on ptp ætfangen to seize upon, lay claim to, claim, attach …
132al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq — (d. c. 252/866) Dubbed the ‘philosopher of the Arabs’, al Kindi is the first major figure in the Islamic philosophical tradition. A polymath who wrote extensively on medicine, mathematics, music, astrology and optics as well as philosophy, al… …
