The Book of Healing
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The Book of Healing is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematically covers logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
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| The Book of Healing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Healing Context triple: [Avicenna, notableWork, The Book of Healing]
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A.
Rasa'il al-Hikma
Rasa'il al-Hikma is a foundational collection of doctrinal and philosophical epistles central to the religious teachings of the Druze faith.
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B.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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C.
Tahafut al-Falasifa
Tahafut al-Falasifa is a seminal 11th-century Islamic philosophical work by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of the Muslim Peripatetic philosophers and challenges the compatibility of their ideas with orthodox theology.
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D.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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E.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Healing Target entity description: The Book of Healing is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematically covers logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
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A.
Rasa'il al-Hikma
Rasa'il al-Hikma is a foundational collection of doctrinal and philosophical epistles central to the religious teachings of the Druze faith.
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B.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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C.
Tahafut al-Falasifa
Tahafut al-Falasifa is a seminal 11th-century Islamic philosophical work by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of the Muslim Peripatetic philosophers and challenges the compatibility of their ideas with orthodox theology.
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D.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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E.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval scholarly work
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philosophical encyclopedia ⓘ scientific encyclopedia ⓘ work of philosophy ⓘ |
| aim |
to organize and systematize knowledge
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to provide a comprehensive philosophical system ⓘ |
| author | Avicenna ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Persianate world ⓘ |
| covers |
arithmetic
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astronomy ⓘ biology ⓘ geometry ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ music theory ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| follows | Aristotelian tradition ⓘ |
| genre | encyclopedic treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section on logic
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section on mathematics ⓘ section on metaphysics ⓘ section on natural sciences ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albert the Great
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surface form:
Albertus Magnus
Latin scholastic philosophers ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
later Islamic philosophers ⓘ medieval European philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| logicalSectionCovers |
categories
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propositions ⓘ syllogism ⓘ |
| metaphysicsSectionDiscusses |
God as Necessary Existent
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causality ⓘ existence and essence ⓘ |
| notAbout | medicine as a practical art ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Kitāb al-Shifāʾ ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Islamic Peripatetic school
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surface form:
Islamic Peripatetic philosophy
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| relatedWork | The Canon of Medicine ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for medieval scholasticism
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major work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| structure | divided into four main parts ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | healing of the soul ⓘ |
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Avicenna