Avicenna
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Islamic Golden Age scholar
Persian philosopher
human
medieval physician
philosopher
physician
polymath
Avicenna was an influential Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age, best known for his works in metaphysics and medicine, especially "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine."
Aliases (4)
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Islamic Golden Age scholar
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Persian philosopher → human → medieval physician → philosopher → physician → polymath → |
| birthDate | c. 980 → |
| birthName |
Avicenna
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surface form: "Ibn Sina"
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| birthPlace |
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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surface form: "Afshana, near Bukhara"
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| contributedTo |
development of clinical pharmacology
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medical education in medieval universities → systematization of Aristotelian philosophy → |
| deathDate | June 1037 → |
| deathPlace |
Hamadan
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surface form: "Hamadān"
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| era | Medieval philosophy → |
| ethnicity | Persian → |
| field |
astronomy
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chemistry → logic → mathematics → medicine → metaphysics → music theory → philosophy → |
| fullName |
Avicenna
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surface form: "Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina"
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| givenName |
Hussein
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surface form: "Husayn"
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| honorificPrefix | Abu Ali → |
| influenced |
Albert the Great
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surface form: "Albertus Magnus"
Islamic philosophy → Latin scholasticism → Maimonides → Suhrawardi → St. Thomas Aquinas →
surface form: "Thomas Aquinas"
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| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Galen → Neoplatonism → Al-Farabi →
surface form: "al-Farabi"
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| language |
Arabic
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Persian → |
| latinizedName | Avicenna → |
| mainInterest |
astronomy
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logic → mathematics → medicine → metaphysics → natural philosophy → philosophy → psychology → theology → |
| notableWork |
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
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Kitab al-Najat → The Book of Healing → The Canon of Medicine → |
| occupation |
court physician
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vizier → |
| philosophicalConcept |
Necessary Existent
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distinction between essence and existence → floating man thought experiment → |
| region | Islamic Golden Age → |
| religion | Islam → |
| residence |
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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surface form: "Bukhara"
Hamadan →
surface form: "Hamadān"
Isfahan → Ray → |
| schoolTradition |
Aristotelianism
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surface form: "Avicennism"
Islamic philosophy → Peripatetic school →
surface form: "Peripatetic philosophy"
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| workCharacterization |
The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia
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The Canon of Medicine →
surface form: "The Canon of Medicine served as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries"
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Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina"
subject surface form: "Al-Ghazali"
this entity surface form: "Ibn Sīnā"
this entity surface form: "Ibn Sina"
this entity surface form: "Ibn Sina"
this entity surface form: "Ibn Sina"
this entity surface form: "Ibn Sina (Avicenna)"