5 ibnu sina biography pdf

Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980-1037) is one of the foremost philosophers of the golden age of Islamic tradition that also includes al-Farabi and Ibn Rushd. He is also known as al-Sheikh al-Rais (Leader among the wise men) a title that was given to him by his students.

His philosophical works were one of the main targets of al-Ghazali’s attack on philosophical influences in Islam. In the west he is also known as the “Prince of Physicians” for his famous medical text al-Qanun “Canon”.

IBN SINA wrote about works, of which are still preserved - most of them on philosophy and medicine.

IBN SINA wrote about works, of which are still preserved - most of them on philosophy and medicine.

Ibn Sina, known as Avicenna to Europeans, was an influential Persian polymath and scientist from the 10th century.

Ibn Sina lived and worked at the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.

Called "The Prince of Physicians and.

Ibn Sina was the most famous of the philosopher-scientists of Islam.

In Latin translations, his works influenced many Christian philosophers, most notably Thomas Aquinas. 

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In Original Language (Arabic/Persian):

• Autobiography in Arabic Html
• Biography by his student in Arabic word file.

• Biography from Uyun al’anba fi tabaqat al-‘atibia’ by Ibn ‘abi asaiba’ (Arabic word file)
• Isharat wa-Tanbahat (Remarks and Admonitions) (ed. S. Dunya) Commentary by N