The History and Contribution of Philosophy in Islamic Thought

The purpose of this study wasto provide information about the Islamic philosophical discourse that contributed to the world of Islamic education in particular and Islamic intellectual property in general. This research useda qualitative method with a literature review in collecting material objects. This research found that the Islamic philosophyoriginated from the Greek philosophy, especially the Peripatetic tradition and its Neo-Platonism style, but were not imitations of it.The Islamic philosophy that grew from a distinctive Islamic culture gave birth to authentic intellectual creativity products in the history of Islamic thought and civilization. The Islamic philosophywasactually a mixture of Aristotelianism and Neo-Platonism since Greek works had been translated into Arabic and spread across the Arabian Peninsula during the Abbasid Dynasty in the Islamic empire. However, the Islamicphilosophy could harmonize Aristotle and Plato; and successfully reconciledreasons and revelations.It can be concluded that the Islamic philosophy wasnot stagnant, but was dynamic and always actual in producing philosophical ideas that could provide solutions for this er