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The Book of Healing
Author
Avicenna
Original title
كتاب الشفاء
Language
Arabic
Genre
Natural Philosophy
Published
1027 (Arabic)
Part of a series on
Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā)
Works
The Book of Healing
The Canon of Medicine
Al-Nijat
Thoughts
Avicennism
On God's existence
Floating man
Al-Ghazali's criticism of Avicennian philosophy
Pupils
Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani
Bahmanyar
Ibn Abi Sadiq
Ali ibn Yusuf al-Ilaqi
Monuments
Avicenna Mausoleum
Avicenna (crater)
Bu-Ali Sina University
Avicenne Hospital
The Physician
The Physician (2013 film)
Avicenna Cultural and Scientific Foundation
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The Book of Healing (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء, romanized: Kitāb al-Shifāʾ; Latin: Sufficientia; also known as The Cure or Assepha) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (also known as Avicenna) from medieval Persia, near Bukhara in Maverounnahr. He most likely began to compose the book in 1014, completed it around 1020,[1] and published it in 1027.[2][3]
This work is Ibn Sina's major work on science and philosophy, and is intended to "cure" or "heal" ignorance of the soul. Thus, despite its title, it is not concerned with medicine, in contrast to Avicenna's earlier The Canon of Medicine (5 vols.) which is, in fact, medical.
The book is divided into four parts: logic, natural sciences, mathematics (a quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy), and metaphysics.[3] It was influenced by ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle; Hellenistic thinkers such as Ptolemy; and earlier Persian/Muslim scientists and philosophers, such as Al-Kindi (Alkindus), Al-Farabi (Alfarabi), and Al-Bīrūnī.
^"Ibn Sina Abu 'Ali Al-Husayn". Muslimphilosophy.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
^Cite error: The named reference Goodman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abGoodman, Lenn Evan. 1992. Avicenna. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-01929-X. p. 31.
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