Avicenna summarizes: (1) why every pulse beat consists of four moments; (2) a list of ten types of pulse condition with descriptions of symptoms that permit diagnosis of each; (3) explanation of the causes of these ten types of varieties and sub-varieties to be found in each: long pulse, short pulse[...]

After distinguishing between a sign and a symptom, Avicenna in his Law of Natural Healing (Canon of Medicine), Lecture 7, describes the various states of the human body and types of illnesses and injuries. It also contains O. Cameron Gruner's extensive endnotes.[...]

The breath plays a most important role in natural healing or traditional medicine. Avicenna in his Law of Natural Healing (Canon of Medicine), Lecture 6, describes its origin, forms, sources and relations to being. It also contains O. Cameron Gruner's extensive endnotes.[...]

When i had first read the second volume of Ibn Sina's study, "The Canon of Medicine", telling about which plant is recuperative and the applications of these plants internally and externally. Staying faithful to context of the book, submitting this book on behalf of the community was my biggest wish[...]

The distinction between the potential intellect and the active intellect was first drawn by Aristotle. Medieval Islamic, Jewish, Christian philosophers, and European philosophers in the sixteenth century considered it a possible key to deciphering the nature of man and the universe. In this book, He[...]

Ernst Bloch was one of the most significant twentieth-century German thinkers, yet he remains overshadowed by his Frankfurt School contemporaries. Known for his engagement with utopianism and religious thought, Bloch also wrote incisively about ontological questions. In his short masterpiece Avicenn[...]

This book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. Although much has been written about Avicenna, and especially about his major p[...]

Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributi[...]

The philosopher and physician Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abdallah ibn Sina (d. 1037 C.E.), known in the West by his Latinized name Avicenna, was one of the most influential thinkers of the Islamic and European Middle Ages. Yet for a great number of scholars today Avicenna's thought remains inaccessible.[...]