Ibn Sina or Avicenna (970 - 1037)

Greatest works by Ibn Sina Part 5

Period: Apr 7, 988 to Apr 7, 1037

Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali Al-Husayn [Avicenna]. “Commendium on the Soul .” ~988-990. Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali Al-Husayn [Avicenna]. “Philosophy for the Prosodist.” ~988-990. Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali Al-Husayn [Avicenna]. “Pointers and Reminders.” ~1030s. Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali Al-Husayn [Avicenna]. “The Canon of Medicine.”~1000-1037. Ibn Sina, Abu ‘Ali Al-Husayn [Avicenna]. “The Cure.” 1027.

The Cure, 1027 Part 1

Apr 7, 1027

Avicenna was born in 970, maybe as early as 964, although many sources say 980 in the Islamic world (current day Uzbekistan) and dies in 1037 (Gutas, 2016). He was a physician and philosopher. He influenced both the fields of medicine and that of philosophy. In medicine, his manuscript, The Canon of Medicine, underwent translations in the 12th and 17th century and became the primary medical manuscript used by European and Arabic medical students alike (Gutas, 2016).

The Cure, 1027 Part 4

Apr 7, 1027

Avicenna was most influential in the Islamic world and he is still revered as one of the greatest philosophers to have lived (Rizvi, n.d.).
References
Gutas, Dimitri, "Ibn Sina [Avicenna]", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/ibn-sina/. Rizvi, Sajjad, "Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (c. 980-1037)," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, http://www.iep.utm.edu/, 4 Apr 2017

The Cure, 1027 Part 3

Apr 7, 1027

Another topic where Avicenna has bestowed his philosophical influences is that of the concept of knowledge. He argues that in knowledge, as it is for many aspects of life, a syllogism approach is taken and knowledge is acquired throughout life with education and familiarity (Rizvi, n.d.). The syllogism comes into play in that a conclusion can be drawn from two points, while a middle term connects them both (Rizvi, n.d.).

The Cure, 1027 Part 2

Apr 7, 1027

In philosophy, he had countless more influence. It is argued that his greatest work, The Cure (1027), has been his most monumental and influential work (Rizvi, n.d.). In this work he discusses logic and describes his view of it (Rizvi, n.d.). He takes a metaphysical approach in discussing logic, as so do many of his philosophical inclinations, and in this work he also shows his taste for using syllogisms and the differing abilities of human beings to find the “middle term” (Rizvi, n.d.).