Avicenna

**Ibn Sina** ( – 22 June 1037), dem commonly know insyd de West as **Avicenna** (/ˌævɪˈsɛnə, ˌɑːv-/ *A(H)V-ih-SEN-ə*), be a preeminent philosopher den physician of de Muslim world. He be a seminal figure of de Islamic Golden Age, wey dey serve insyd de courts of various Iranian rulers, wey na he be influential to medieval European medical den Scholastic thought. 

Dem often describe am as de father of early modern medicine, Avicenna ein most famous works be *The Book of Healing*, a philosophical den scientific encyclopedia, den *The Canon of Medicine*, a medical encyclopedia wey cam be a standard medical text at chaw medieval European universities wey e remain in use as late as 1650. 

Besides philosophy den medicine, Avicenna ein corpus dey include writings on astronomy, alchemy, geography den geology, psychology, Islamic theology, logic, mathematics, physics, den works of poetry. Ein philosophy be of de Peripatetic school dem derive from Aristotelianism, of wich he be considered among de greatest proponents within de Muslim world.

Avicenna wrep chaw of ein philosophical den scientific works insyd Arabic buh he sanso wrep several key works insyd Persian; he wrep ein poetry insyd both languages. Of de 450 works dem believe he wrep, around 240 survive, wey dey include 150 on philosophy den 40 on medicine.

## Name
**' be a Latinized version of de Arabic patronym **ibn Sīnā** (ابن سينا), wey dey indicate say he be de descendant of a line of men wey dey go back to one dem name Sina. Specifically, Avicenna be de great-great-grandson of a Sina. Ein full formal Arabic name be **Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn bin ʿAbdallāh bin al-Ḥasan bin ʿAlī bin Sīnā al-Balkhī al-Bukhārī*' (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن علي بن سينا البلخي البخاري).

== List of works ==
De treatises of Avicenna influence later Muslim thinkers insyd chaw areas wey dey include theology, philology, mathematics, astronomy, physics den music. Ein works number almost 450 volumes on a wide range of subjects, of wich around 240 survive. In particular, 150 volumes of ein surviving works concentrate on philosophy den 40 of dem concentrate on medicine. Ein most famous works be *The Book of Healing*, and *The Canon of Medicine*.

Avicenna ein works further include:
* *Sirat al-shaykh al-ra'is* (*The Life of Avicenna*), ed. and trans. WE. Gohlman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1974. (The only critical edition of Avicenna's autobiography, supplemented with material from a biography by his student Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani. A more recent translation of the Autobiography appears in D. Gutas, *Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition: Introduction to Reading Avicenna's Philosophical Works*, Leiden: Brill, 1988; second edition 2014.)
* *Al-isharat wa al-tanbihat* (*Remarks and Admonitions*), ed. S. Dunya, Cairo, 1960; parts translated by S.C. Inati, Remarks and Admonitions, Part One: Logic, Toronto, Ont.: Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, 1984, and Ibn Sina and Mysticism, Remarks and Admonitions: Part 4, London: Kegan Paul International, 1996.
* *Al-Qanun fi'l-tibb* (*The Canon of Medicine*), ed. I. a-Qashsh, Cairo, 1987. (Encyclopedia of medicine.) manuscript, Latin translation, Flores Avicenne, Michael de Capella, 1508, Modern text. Ahmed Shawkat Al-Shatti, Jibran Jabbur.
* *Risalah fi sirr al-qadar* (*Essay on the Secret of Destiny*), trans. G. Hourani in Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
* *Danishnama* "The Book of Scientific Knowledge", ed. and trans. P. Morewedge, *The Metaphysics of Avicenna*, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973.
*  *The Book of Healing*, Avicenna's major work on philosophy.
* *Kitab al-Najat* "The Book of Salvation", trans. F. Rahman, *Avicenna's Psychology: An English Translation of Kitab al-Najat, Book II, Chapter VI with Historical-philosophical Notes and Textual Improvements on the Cairo Edition*, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952. (The psychology of al-Shifa'.) (Digital version of the Arabic text)
* *Risala fi'l-Ishq* "A Treatise on Love". Translated by Emil L. Fackenheim.

=== Persian works ===

Avicenna ein most important Persian work be de *Danishnama* (دانشنامه علائی, "Book of Knowledge". Avicenna create a new scientific vocabulary wey e no previously exist insyd Persian. De *Danishnama* 

*Andar Dānish-i Rag* (اندر دانش رگ, "On the Science of the Pulse")

Dem record Persian poetry from Avicenna insyd various manuscripts den later anthologies such as *Nozhat al-Majales''.

### Namesakes of Ibn Sina

* Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences insyd Aligarh
* Avicenna Bay insyd Antarctica
* Avicenna (crater) on de far side of de Moon
* Avicenna Cultural and Scientific Foundation
* Avicenne Hospital insyd Paris, France
* Avicenna International College insyd Budapest, Hungary
* Avicenna Mausoleum (complex dem dedicate to Avicenna) insyd Hamadan, Iran
* Avicenna Research Institute insyd Tehran, Iran
* Avicenna Tajik State Medical University insyd Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Bu-Ali Sina University insyd Hamedan, Iran
* Ibn Sina Peak on de Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border
* Ibn Sina Foundation insyd Houston, Texas
* Ibn Sina Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
* Ibn Sina Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
* Ibn Sina Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Ibn Sina University Hospital of Rabat-Salé at Mohammed V University insyd Rabat, Morocco
* Ibne Sina Hospital, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
* International Ibn Sina Clinic, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

## References

## External links

* Avicenna (Ibn-Sina) on the Subject and the Object of Metaphysics with a list of translations of the logical and philosophical works and an annotated bibliography