Avicenna
Subtitle: His Life and Works
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789839541670
Description: Avicenna, or Ibn Sina, the tenth-century Persian scientist-philosopher, is beyond doubt the most provocative figure in the history of thought. With a wideness of range, a vigour of thought, and a unity of conception unequalled among the philosophers, his thoughts extended far beyond the Eastern lands, giving rise to the most complete philosophical system that the Islamic world was to have. Avicenna’s works can be of guidance to those in the East who are meeting the challenge of Western civilization; and to those in the West who have yet to find a basis on which to harmonize scientific with spiritual values. This book attempts to present them to the general reader.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Avicenna’s Successors and Commentators; title: 1 Persia in the Tenth Century; title: 2 Life and Works of Avicenna; title: 3 Problems of Logic; title: 4 Problems of Metaphysics; title: 5 Problems of Psychology; title: 6 Problems of Religion; title: 7 Medicine and the Natural Sciences; title: 8 Avicenna and the East; title: 9 Avicenna and the West; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Index