Avicenna

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Avicenna was an influential Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age, best known for his works in metaphysics and medicine, especially "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine."

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instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar ⓘ
Persian philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval physician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
birthDate c. 980 ⓘ
birthName Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna
birthPlace Afshana, near Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
contributedTo development of clinical pharmacology ⓘ
medical education in medieval universities ⓘ
systematization of Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
deathDate June 1037 ⓘ
deathPlace Hamadān ⓘ
linked to: Hamadan
era Medieval philosophy ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna
givenName Husayn ⓘ
linked to: Hussein
honorificPrefix Abu Ali ⓘ
influenced Albertus Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Albert the Great

Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Latin scholasticism ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
Suhrawardi ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
al-Farabi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farabi
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
latinizedName Avicenna ⓘ
mainInterest astronomy ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
notableWork Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ
Kitab al-Najat ⓘ
The Book of Healing ⓘ
The Canon of Medicine ⓘ
occupation court physician ⓘ
vizier ⓘ
philosophicalConcept Necessary Existent ⓘ
distinction between essence and existence ⓘ
floating man thought experiment ⓘ
region Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Hamadān ⓘ
linked to: Hamadan

Isfahan ⓘ
Ray ⓘ
schoolTradition Avicennism ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Peripatetic school
workCharacterization The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia ⓘ
The Canon of Medicine served as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries ⓘ

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