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Pronunciation: [ˈava͡ɪsnə] (IPA)

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a renowned Persian polymath, philosopher, and physician of the Islamic Golden Age. He is considered one of the most significant thinkers and writers in the history of medicine and philosophy. Some synonyms for the word "Avicenna" include: Ibn Sina, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā, Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina, or simply, "The Philosopher." Avicenna's writings encompassed a vast array of subjects, including medicine, metaphysics, ethics, astronomy, and logic. His works were translated into various languages, including Latin and Hebrew, and had a profound influence on the development of both Eastern and Western intellectual traditions.

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Usage examples for Avicenna

My shoe-buckles contain more learning than the heads of Galen and Avicenna, and my beard has more experience than all your high schools.
"German Culture Past and Present"
Ernest Belfort Bax
For the loan of a volume of Avicenna, a Baron offered a pledge of ten marks of silver, which was refused: because it was not considered equal to the risk incurred of losing a volume of Avicenna!
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Isaac D'Israeli
He gives here all he can collect against physic and physicians; and from the confessions of Hippocrates and Galen, Avicenna and Agrippa, medicine appears to be a vainer science than even astrology!
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Isaac D'Israeli

Famous quotes with Avicenna

  • A Persian by birth, a rationalist in disposition, this contemporary of Avicenna and Alhazen not only studied history, philosophy, and geography in depth, but wrote one of the most comprehensive of Muslim astronomical treatises, the Qanun Al-Masu'di.
    Abū-Rayhān Bīrūnī

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