Avicenna, Persian Polymath

Avicenna, Persian Polymath

Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (980-1037), commonly known as Ibn Sina or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived. His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopedia, and The Canon of Medicine, which was a standard medical text at many medieval universities. He is regarded as the most famous and influential polymath of the Islamic Golden Age. Oil painting by a Neapolitan painter, 17th century.

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