Definitions for "Avicenna"
Keywords:  philosopher, sina, ibn, arab, aristotle
(980-1037): Arab philosopher and physician of Iranian origin; he reintroduced Aristotle's rationalism into medieval philosophy. Scholasticism (see Albertus Magnus) and Thomism owe him a lot. Had many radical followers, the so-called Avicennian left.
Arabic name, Ibn Sina; Muslim philosopher and physician whose medical texts became standard for European doctors, 980 - 1037 CE.
Arabian philosopher and physician; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
Avicenna is a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb on the northern rim of the Lorentz basin. It lies to the north-northwest of the larger Nernst crater, and to the southeast of the Bragg crater.