AVICENNA, the Latin form of the name of the celebrated philosopher and physician of the Islamic world, Abū ʿAlī Ḥosayn Ebn Sīnā (b. Bukhara 370/980[?], d. Hamadān 428/1037).

i. Introductory note

ii. Biography

iii. Logic

iv. Metaphysics

v. Mysticism

vi. Psychology

vii. Practical sciences

viii. Mathematics and physical sciences

ix. Music

x. Medicine and biology

xi. Persian works

xii. The impact of Avicenna’s philosophical works on the West

xiii. The influence of Avicenna on medical studies in the West

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Originally Published: December 15, 1987

Last Updated: August 17, 2011

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