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Ibn Sina (980-1037), Medieval Persian philosopher known in the West by the Latin name Avicenna. He is known for the introduction of Greek philosophical thought into the Islamic tradition, as well as for his medical work.

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Ibn Sina From the Islamic World to 1600 Tutorial, a multimedia introduction to the first millennium of Islamic history, developed by the Applied History Research Group. www.ucalgary.ca/../tutor/islam/learning/ibnsina.html

Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Home page An extensive directory of links about this thinker, provided by Muslimphilosophy.com. Features a number of his works in PDF format. www.muslimphilosophy.com/sina

Encyclopedia of Islam: Ibn Sina Article covering Avicenna's life, work and influence, supplemented with an extensive biography. www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei/sina.htm

Avicenna Biographical study, placing particular emphasis on Avicenna's historical context and his mathematical and scientific thought. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/../Mathematicians/Avicenna.html

The Window: Avicenna Concise biography, focusing on the main points of Avicenna's career. www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/muslim/sina.html

Avicenna Information Includes information about the philosopher's historical setting, a summary of his important work, and an analysis of his significance for Christians today. faculty.covenant.edu/davis/Avicenna/index.htm

Memoirs of Popular Delusions: Avicenna Passage on this thinker and his relation to alchemy, by Charles Mackay. www.worldwideschool.org/../../../../../chap5.html

Avicenna Entry from the "Encyclopaedia of the Orient". lexicorient.com/e.o/avicenna.htm

Kitab al Qanoun fi al Toubb Online text of Ibn Sina's "The Book of the Canon of Medicine", in Arabic; includes a biographical note by Abd al-Rahman al Naqib, of Mansoura University, Egypt. Provided by the American University of Beirut. almashriq.hiof.no/ddc/projects/saab/avicenna