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Ibn Sina (Arabic: اِبْن سِینَا, romanized: Ibn Sīnā; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (/ ˌ æ v ɪ ˈ s ɛ n ə, ˌ ɑː v ɪ-/), was the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers.
Apr 1, 2024 · Avicenna, Muslim physician, the most famous and influential of the philosopher-scientists of the medieval Islamic world. He was particularly noted for his contributions in the fields of Aristotelian philosophy and medicine. Learn more about Avicenna’s life and accomplishments in this article.
Sep 15, 2016 · First published Thu Sep 15, 2016. Abū-ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn-ʿAbdallāh Ibn-Sīnā [Avicenna] (ca. 970–1037) was the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Islamic world. [ 1] In his work he combined the disparate strands of philosophical/scientific [ 2] thinking in Greek late antiquity and early Islam into a rationally rigorous and ...
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (c. 980—1037) Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina is better known in Europe by the Latinized name “Avicenna.” He is probably the most significant philosopher in the Islamic tradition and arguably the most influential philosopher of the pre-modern era.
Avicenna, Arabic Ibn Sīnā in full Abū ʾAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā, (born 980, Bukhara, Iran—died 1037, Hamadan), Islamic philosopher and scientist. He became physician to several sultans and also twice served as vizier. His Canon of Medicine was long a standard work in the field.
Dec 2, 2015 · Back to Top. Ibn Sina’s Metaphysics. First published Wed Dec 2, 2015; substantive revision Thu Mar 26, 2020. For Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) metaphysics is a science ( ʿilm ), i.e., a perfectly rationally established discipline that allows human reason to achieve an authentic understanding of the inner structure of the world.
(980-1037 C.E. ), often referred to by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist. He was one of the major Islamic philosophers and his philosophical writings had a profound impact on Islamic philosophy and on medieval European scholasticism.
