On the 7th of Ramadan in 428 Hijri (1037 AD), Muslim physician, philosopher, and father of early modern medicine, Ibn Sina (known in the West as Avicenna) died at Hamadan, Iran. Ibn Sina is known as the most influential philosopher of the pre-modern era.
Ibn Sina's full name was Abu Ali Husayn ibn abd-Allah ibn Sina. He was born in a Persian family in the village of Afshana near the Samanid capital of Bukhara.
His writing subjects include astronomy, alchemy, geography, psychology, Islamic theology and Sufism, logic, mathematics, physics, and poetry.
His encyclopedia of medicine, al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The...
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Ibn Sina's full name was Abu Ali Husayn ibn abd-Allah ibn Sina. He was born in a Persian family in the village of Afshana near the Samanid capital of Bukhara.
His writing subjects include astronomy, alchemy, geography, psychology, Islamic theology and Sufism, logic, mathematics, physics, and poetry.
His encyclopedia of medicine, al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The...
