His philosophy dealt with some of the most fundamental questions including the role of God in the humanĮxistence and the universe. As such, his influence on the development of medicine across much of the world is The resulting synthesis sets out a medical system that was accepted as the Incorporates the work of Galen, as well as ancient Ayurvedic, Arabian and Persian texts. The lands that were being absorbed into an expanding Islamic Empire. Like other Islamic scholars, he studied the writings of Principal representative of philosophy in Islam. Latin West, his metaphysics and theory of the soul had a profound influence on scholastic arguments, andĪs in the Islamic East, it was the basis for considerable debate and argument. The sultan's royal library was considered one of the best kinds in theĪvicenna was one of the most celebrated philosophers and physicians in the early Islamic empire. This training and the library of the physicians at the Samanid court assisted him in his In 997, Avicenna was hired as a physician by Nun ibn Mansur,Īnd he was permitted to use the sultan's library and its rare manuscripts allowing him to continue his
Samanid Court, whom he treated successfully. His knowledge of medicine brought to the attention of Nuh ibn Mansur, the Sultan of Bukhara of the Study of physics, natural sciences and metaphysics. Besides studying medicine, he also dedicated much of his time to the In the Muslim world, he is known simply as Ibn Sina.Īt an early age, his family moved to Bukhara where he studied Hanafi jurisprudence with Isma‘il Zahid andĪt about 13 years of age he studied medicine with a number of teachers. His real name isĪbu Ali al-Husayn Ibn Abd Allan Ibn Sina, however, he is commonly referred to under his Latinized nameĪvicenna. Samanid dynasty was from the ancient city of Balkh (today Afghanistan). The same village, while his father Abdullah was Ismaili, who was a respected local governor, under the Present-day Bukhara (in Uzbekistan) then a leading city in Persia (Iran.) His mother Setareh was from
Persian philosopher Ibn Sina or Avicenna (c.980-1037) was born in the village of Afshana near the