Philosopher · Early Middle Ages · Uzbekistan
Avicenna
980–1037
Persian polymath born near Bukhara, in modern Uzbekistan, whose Canon of Medicine was the standard medical text in Europe for centuries. His Book of Healing systematized all philosophy. He lived 980 to 1037, serving princes as physician and minister.
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- Born
- 980, near Bukhara, in what is now Uzbekistan.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Avicenna
- Died
- 1037, Hamadan, Iran.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Avicenna
- School
- Islamic Peripatetic philosophy, reshaped by his own metaphysics.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Avicenna
- Known for
- The Canon of Medicine, the distinction between essence and existence, and the flying man thought experiment on self awareness.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Avicenna
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