Ein bedeutender polymath persischer Herkunft, der als führender Arzt und Philosoph seiner Zeit galt und das intellektuelle Denken maßgeblich prägte. Seine monumentalen enzyklopädischen Werke systematisierten das damalige Wissen, und seine medizinischen Schriften dienten jahrhundertelang als grundlegende Lehrbücher an europäischen Universitäten. Er war berühmt für seinen ganzheitlichen medizinischen Ansatz, der auf den Prinzipien antiker Meister basierte. Sein Vermächtnis umfasst über zweihundert Schriften, von denen viele bis heute durch ihre Tiefe und Bandbreite inspirieren.
Die Rolle der Araber in der Kultur- und Heilkunde des Mittelalters wird beleuchtet, wobei ihre frühe Auseinandersetzung mit der hellenistischen Bildung und deren Weitergabe an das Abendland hervorgehoben wird. Trotz einer zunehmend positiven Bewertung ihrer Leistungen bleibt das Wissen über die arabische Kultur und insbesondere ihre medizinische Literatur begrenzt und oberflächlich. Die Literaturgeschichte konzentriert sich vorwiegend auf biografische und bibliografische Aspekte, was auf einen Bedarf an tiefergehenden Studien hinweist.
Ibn Sina's famous Canon of Medicine ( Qanun fi al-tibb ) comes to life in English with this translation. It is a clear and ordered Summa of all the medical knowledge of Ibn Sina's time augmented from his own observations. It is divided into five books. The first contains generalities concerning the human body, sickness, health and general treatment and therapeutics (the only volume translated here). The second contains the materia medica and the pharmacology of herbs. Three methods agreement, difference and concomitant variations are usually regarded as characteristic of modern science. The third book deals with special pathology, studied by organs, or rather by systems. The fourth book opens with the famous treatise on fevers; then follow the treatise on signs, symptoms, diagnostics and prognostics, minor surgery, tumors, wounds, fractures and bites and that on poisons. The fifth book contains the pharmacopoeia. Because the Canon constituted a monumental unity which maintained its authority until modern times it served as a basis for 700 years of medical teaching and practice and is a proven alternative medicine technique.
This work offers an English translation and commentary on a recent Arabic text by Avicenna, focusing on conditional propositions and syllogisms. It presents Avicenna's perspectives on the topic as they evolved throughout his life.
Exploring the intersection of science and philosophy, this first volume delves into the insights of a prominent thinker from late antiquity. It reexamines the legacy of Greek natural philosophy while also engaging with the physical theories proposed by Muslim speculative theologians. This work is a significant contribution to the understanding of the evolution of philosophical thought and its implications for healing and knowledge.
A Translation from al-Shif: al-Qiys with Introduction, Commentary and Glossary
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Focusing on conditional propositions and syllogisms, this work offers an English translation and commentary on a recent Arabic text by Avicenna (Ibn Sina). It explores his philosophical views on these logical constructs as they evolved throughout his lifetime, providing insights into his contributions to logic and reasoning. The book serves as a valuable resource for understanding Avicenna's influence on the field and the historical context of his ideas.
