biography
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Avicenna
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Arabic Ibn Sina
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pronunciation:
[avisena]
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| lived:
| (980–1037)
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| biography:
| Philosopher and physician, born near Bokhara, SW Uzbekistan. Renowned for his learning, he became physician to several sultans, and for some time vizier in Hamadan, Persia. He was one of the main interpreters of Aristotle to the Islamic world, and the author of some 200 works on science, religion, and philosophy. His medical textbook, Canon of Medicine, long remained a standard work. |
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