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Definition of Avicenna

1. Noun. Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).

Definition of Avicenna

1. Proper noun. Western name of Ab? ?Al? al-?usayn ibn ?Abd All?h ibn S?n? commonly known as Ibn S?n?, a Persian polymath ¹

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Literary usage of Avicenna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
""By avicenna," remarked Fuchs.J "Canon 2, c. 17 [27 recti\, Aster Atticus is ... and in like manner almost all names of herbs are by avicenna corrupted. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In such a library avicenna could inspect works of great rarity, and study the progress of science. When the library was destroyed by fire not long ..."

3. The Development of Metaphysics in Persia: A Contribution to the History of by Muhammad Iqbal (1908)
"Among the early Persian Philosophers, avicenna alone attempted to construct his own system of thought. His work, called "Eastern Philosophy" is still extant ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"IBN SINA (avicenna) (980-1037) BY THOMAS DAVIDSON ALI AL ... known to the Western world as avicenna, the greatest of Eastern Muslim philosophers and ..."

5. Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1867)
"avicenna. — Almost all the works of the early Arabian writers are lost. Amongst those of the tenth century, of which fragments are now extant, ..."

6. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1903)
"avicenna was a precocious youth, and at the age of ten knew the Koran by rote. ... Amid his restless study avicenna never forgot his love of sensuous ..."

7. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"BY avicenna. [avicenna (a corruption of Ibn Sina), the greatest philosopher of the Eastern Mohammedan world, and one of the most universally accomplished ..."

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