Associations to the word «Avicenna»

Wiktionary

AVICENNA, proper noun. Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath

Dictionary definition

AVICENNA, noun. Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).

Wise words

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C. S. Lewis