Avicenna's Approach to Health: A Reciprocal Interaction Between Medicine and Islamic Philosophy

This paper elucidates how Islamic philosophy is associated with health and illness. Avicenna (980-1037) as the most important physician and philosopher in the Islamic world has undoubtedly affected various fields of thought and science in Islamic civilization. The basis and infrastructure of his und...

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Main Author: Zahabi, Seyed Abbas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 5, Pages: 1698-1712
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B Soul music
B Health and sickness
B Temperament (mīzāj)
B Spirit
B Body
B Rūḥ Bukhārī
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