Avicenna - Wikipedia
WEBIbn Sina (Persian: ابن سینا, romanized: Ibn Sīnā; c. 980 – 22 June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (/ ˌævɪˈsɛnə, ˌɑːvɪ -/), was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, [4][5] flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers. [6] .
Avicenna | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā. Born: 980, near Bukhara, Iran [now in Uzbekistan] Died: 1037, Hamadan, Iran (aged 57) Notable Works: “Kitāb al-shifāʾ” “The Canon of Medicine” Subjects Of Study: history of medicine. Aristotelianism. Greek philosophy. Islam. Top Questions. What was Avicenna’s …
Ibn Sina [Avicenna] - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBSep 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 self-consistent scientific system that ...
Ibn Sina | Biography, Philosophy and Facts - Famous Philosophers
WEBBeing a devout Muslim himself, Ibn Sina applied rational philosophy at interpreting divine text and Islamic theology. His ultimate aim was to prove God’s presence and existence and the world is His creation through scientific reason and logic.
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBAvicenna (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.
The Vast Influence of Ibn Sina, Pioneer of Medicine
WEBJan 29, 2020 · In the 11th century CE, science was rapidly advancing in the Islamic world. The scholar Ibn Sina (Avicenna) synthesized its medical wisdom.
Ibn Sina’s Natural Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBJul 29, 2016 · Ibn Sīnā (980–1037)—the Avicenna of Latin fame—is arguably the most important representative of falsafa, the Graeco-Arabic philosophical tradition beginning with Plato and Aristotle, extending through the Neoplatonic commentary tradition and continuing among philosophers and scientists in the medieval Arabic world.
Ibn Sina’s Metaphysics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBDec 2, 2015 · Ibn Sina’s Metaphysics. 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. Metaphysics is the science of being qua being and therefore the science that explains every being.
Avicenna and his contribution to philosophy and science
WEBAvicenna, 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.
Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine …
WEBSep 29, 2020 · Ibn Sina was an 11th century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet, who exerted a profound impact on philosophy and medicine in Europe and the Islamic...