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.
في هذه الرسالة يحاول ابن سينا اثبات ان النفس هي ما تبقى فقط بعد الميعاد ويسوق ادلة في اتجاهات مختلفة، الموضوع غير مثير بالنسبة لي فهو جدل غير مجدي ، كيف ساناقش نيتشة مثلا في عوده الابدي اذا لم اذهب هناك ، لكن الكتاب لطيف وفيه الماحات جميلة سواءاً حول الذات او حول الرغبة والوجود