- Avicenna - Wikipedia
Name Avicenna is a Latin corruption of the Arabic patronym Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا), [16] meaning "Son of Sina" However, Avicenna was not the son but the great-great-grandson of a man named Sina [17]
- Avicenna | Biography, Books, Facts | Britannica
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
- Ibn Sina [Avicenna] (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Avicenna is quite explicit about the need for the human intellect to be prepared and to demand to hit upon a middle term, or actively to seek an intelligible, in order to receive it
- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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 - New World Encyclopedia
(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
- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) gt; By Individual Philosopher gt; Philosophy
Avicenna (AKA Ibn Sina or Ibn Seena or, in full, Abu Ali al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina) (980 - 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician and polymath in the Medieval period (Islam's Golden Age) He was one of the most learned men of his time in a wide variety of subjects, and is often considered one of the greatest thinkers and scholars in history In particular, he is regarded by many as
- Avicenna – Avicenna Foundation
Avicenna Ibn Sina ابن سینا; 980 – June 1037 CE, commonly known in the West as Avicenna ( ˌævɪˈsɛnə, ˌɑːvɪ- ), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine
- Avicenna - Persian Philosopher, Medicine, Science | Britannica
Most of what is known of Avicenna is found in the autobiography dictated to his longtime protégé al-Jūzjānī While his life was embellished by friends and vilified by foes, by all accounts he loved life and had a voracious appetite for lively music, strong drink, and promiscuous sex
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