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."

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Avicenna canonical	35
Ibn Sina	21
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)	3
Avicenna (Ibn Sina)	2
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina	1
Ibn Sīnā	1
Persian physician Ibn Sina	1
Persian polymath Ibn Sina	1

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instanceOf	Islamic Golden Age scholar ⓘ Persian philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ medieval physician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ
birthDate	c. 980 ⓘ
birthName	Avicenna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ibn Sina
birthPlace	Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Afshana, near Bukhara
contributedTo	development of clinical pharmacology ⓘ medical education in medieval universities ⓘ systematization of Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
deathDate	June 1037 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hamadan ⓘ surface form: Hamadān
era	Medieval philosophy ⓘ
ethnicity	Persian ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ chemistry ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ music theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
fullName	Avicenna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina
givenName	Hussein ⓘ surface form: Husayn
honorificPrefix	Abu Ali ⓘ
influenced	Albert the Great ⓘ surface form: Albertus Magnus Islamic philosophy ⓘ Latin scholasticism ⓘ Maimonides ⓘ Suhrawardi ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Galen ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Al-Farabi ⓘ surface form: al-Farabi
language	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
latinizedName	Avicenna self-link ⓘ
mainInterest	astronomy ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ theology ⓘ
notableWork	Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ Kitab al-Najat ⓘ The Book of Healing ⓘ The Canon of Medicine ⓘ
occupation	court physician ⓘ vizier ⓘ
philosophicalConcept	Necessary Existent ⓘ distinction between essence and existence ⓘ floating man thought experiment ⓘ
region	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Hamadan ⓘ surface form: Hamadān Isfahan ⓘ Ray ⓘ
schoolTradition	Aristotelianism ⓘ surface form: Avicennism Islamic philosophy ⓘ Peripatetic school ⓘ surface form: Peripatetic philosophy
workCharacterization	The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia ⓘ 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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Guide for the Perplexed → philosophicalInfluence → Avicenna ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Avicenna ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Persian polymath Ibn Sina

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Bu-Ali Sina University → namedAfter → Avicenna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Sina