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A biography of Avicenna, Muslim Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist, considered to be one of the greatest of the medieval Islamic physicians, discussing his childhood and the emergence of Islam.

Presents a philosophical analysis of the work of Avicenna.

Known as the (3z(Bprince of physicians,(3y (BAvicenna made enormous contributions to the fields of medicine, natural history, metaphysics, and religion. His use of Aristotelian logic and his work on the concept of (3z(Bbeing(3y (Bopened the door for a rationalist study of religion, influencing the later Christian philosophers Aquinas, Descartes, and Kant. Avicenna’s monumental Canon of Medicine is regarded as possibly the greatest medical work ever. Available in a Latin translation in Europe one hundred years after his death, it continued to be used there for the next six centuries.

A biography of Avicenna, Muslim Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist.

A biography of Avicenna, Muslim Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist, considered to be one of the greatest of the medieval Islamic physicians, discussing his childhood and the emergence of Islam.