Abu Ali Huceine ibne Abedalá ibne Sina[2] (persa پورسينا Pur-e Sina - "filho de Sina"; Afexana, perto de Bucara, ca.980 – Hamadã, Irã, 1037), conhecido como Ibn Sīnā ou por seu nome latinizadoAvicena, foi um polímatapersa[3][4][5][6] que escreveu tratados sobre vários assuntos, dos quais aproximadamente 240 chegaram aos nossos dias. Em particular, 150 destes tratados se concentram em filosofia e 40 em medicina.[7][8]
↑* Ibn Sina ("Avicenna") Encyclopedia of Islam. 2nd edition. Edited by P. Berman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Henrichs. Brill 2009. Accessed through Brill online: www.encislam.brill.nl (2009) Quote: "He was born in 370/980 in Afshana, his mother's home, near Bukhara. His native language was Persian."
A.J. Arberry, "Avicenna on Theology", KAZI PUBN INC, 1995. excerpt: "Avicenna was the greatest of all Persian thinkers; as physician and metaphysician"[1]
Henry Corbin, "The Voyage and the messenger: Iran and Philosophy", North Atlantic Books, 1998. pg 74:"Whereas the name of Avicenna (Ibn sinda, died 1037) is generally listed as chronologically first among noteworthy Iranian philosophers, recent evidence has revealed previous existence of Ismaili philosophical systems with a structure no less complete than of Avicenna". [2]