Si Ibn Sina (Persa: ابن سینا), kilala rin bilang Abu Ali Sina (ابوعلی سینا), Pur Sina (پورسینا), at kilala sa kanluran bilang Avicenna (/ˌævɪˈsɛnə,_ˌɑːvɪʔ/; 980 – Hunyo 1037) bilang Persyanong[7][8][9]polimata na itinuturing bilang isa sa mga pinakamahalagang manggagamot, dalubtala, palaisip at manunulat ng Islamikong Ginintuang Panahon,[10] at ang ama ng maagang makabagong medisina.[11][12][13] Tinatawag din si Avicenna bilang "pinakamaimpluwensiyang pilosopo bago ang modernong panahon".[14] Isa siyang peripatetikong pilosopo na naimpluwensyahan sa pilosopiya ni Aristoteles. Sa 450 na pinaniniwalaang isinulat niya, mga 240 ang natitira, kabilang ang 150 ukol sa pilosopiya at 40 ukol sa medisina.[15]
↑Ramin Jahanbegloo, In Search of the Sacred : A Conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought, ABC-CLIO (2010), p. 59
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"He was born in 370/980 in Afshana, his mother's home, near Bukhara. His native language was Persian" (from "Ibn Sina ("Avicenna")", Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill, second edition (2009). Accessed via Brill Online at www.encislam.brill.nl).
"Avicenna was the greatest of all Persian thinkers; as physician and metaphysician ..." (excerpt from A.J. Arberry, Avicenna on Theology, KAZI PUBN INC, 1995).
"Whereas the name of Avicenna (Ibn Sina, died 1037) is generally listed as chronologically first among noteworthy Iranian philosophers, recent evidence has revealed previous existence of Ismaili philosophical systems with a structure no less complete than of Avicenna" (from p. 74 of Henry Corbin, The Voyage and the messenger: Iran and philosophy, North Atlantic Books, 1998.
↑Roudgari, Hassan (2018-12-28). "Ibn Sina or Abu Ali Sina (ابن سینا c. 980 –1037) is often known by his Latin name of Avicenna (ævɪˈsɛnə/)". Journal of Iranian Medical Council. 1 (2): 0. ISSN2645-338X. Avicenna was a Persian polymath and one of the most famous physicians from the Islamic Golden Age. He is known as the father of early modern medicine and his most famous work in Medicine called "The Book of Healing", which became a standard medical textbook at many European universities and remained in use up to the recent centuries.