The psychology of Avicenna : an English version of the Liber de Anima.

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The psychology of Avicenna : an English version of the Liber de Anima.

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A thousand years ago, Ibn Sina, or Avicenna as he was later known in Europe, wrote one of the all-time most important and influential books on psychology. He wrote it in Arabic. It was translated into Latin a hundred and fifty years later, but until now there has been no English version, and so it has been unavailable to many people interested in psychology. The book covers a wide range of topics, from mathematics to mysticism, from biology to moral philosophy, but the major focus is on how w...

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Research paper

Date created

2023

Creator

Kemp, Simon

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/106062

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Psychology / Philosophy and religious studies / Philosophy / Philosophical psychology (incl. moral psychology and philosophy of action) / Philosophy of mind (excl. cognition) / History and philosophy of specific fields / History and philosophy of medicine / History and philosophy of science

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