Livro da Alma

by Avicenna

O Livro da alma, do filosofo persa Ibn Sina (ou Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abd-Allah ibn Sina, conhecido no Ocidente pelo nome latinizado de Avicena, e um dos maiores classicos da filosofia medieval, agora publicado em portugues em traducao direta do arabe pelo professor e especialista nesse autor, Miguel Attie Filho, tambem responsavel pela introducao, notas e glossario, e contando ainda com prefacio de Carlos Arthur Ribeiro do Nascimento.

Como se sabe, enquanto a Europa medieval perdera contato com o antigo mundo classico, os arabes, a partir de sua expansao para alem da Peninsula Arabica, iniciada no seculo VII, depararam-se, no Mediterraneo Oriental, entao dominado pelo Imperio Bizantino, de lingua grega e herdeiro da cultura greco-romana, com parte dessa cultura ainda preservada. O contato da cultura arabe com a heranca greco-romana fez nascer, entre outros, a filosofia em arabe (Falsafa), que teve no dialogo com a obra de Aristoteles e nas pessoas de Ibn Rushid (Averrois) e Ibn Sina (Avicena) seus marcos principais.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Islam

353 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

(Arabic: ابن سينا)
(Persian: ابوعلی سینا، پورسینا)
(Greek: Aβιτζιανός, Avitzianós)

Europeans used Canon of Medicine , a standard textbook of noted Persian physician and Neoplatonist philosopher Avicenna, also ibn Sina, fully named Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdullah ibn Sina, until the 17th century.

Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sīnā, known more commonly as Pour Sina but mostly in English under Avicenna, his Latinized name, a foremost polymath of his time, originated. He also qualifies as an astronomer, chemist, geologist, Hafiz, logician, paleontologist, mathematician, Maktab teacher, physicist, poet, and scientist.

Ibn Sīnā studied under a named Koushyar. He wrote almost four hundred fifty treatises on a wide range of subjects; two hundred forty works survive. His most famous works include The Book of Healing , a vast scientific encyclopedia at many medieval universities. The universities of Montpellier and Louvain used his books as late as 1650.

Ibn Sīnā provides a complete system according to the principles of Galen and Hippocrates.

Reviews

[Amle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the shortness of the read this is not something that should be skimmed through. Avicenna is the most fascinating philosopher I know of and to read this compendium on the soul that he wrote, as an active doctor at the mere age of 16, is an experience. I made so many markings along the way while reading this. I wondered how he would have thought about it all if he lived today. I wondered a lot about the parts where we completely disagreed.
The added commentary by the translator Edward Dyck was insightful and dripping of admiration and respect for the original thinker and it was a pleasure to read all of it, often twice over.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

You would be hard pressed to mix science with religion and proceed to craft a definite statement.