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The Book of Healing
Scientific and philosophical encyclopedia by Avicenna
"al-Shifa" redirects here. For other uses, see al-Shifa (disambiguation).
The Book of Healing (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء, romanized:&#;Kitāb al-Shifāʾ; Latin: Sufficientia; also known as The Cure or Assepha) is a scientific and philosophicalencyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (also known as Avicenna) from medieval Persia, near Bukhara in Maverounnahr.
Ibn sina cause of death
He most likely began to compose the book in , completed it around ,[1] and published it in [2][3]
This work is Ibn Sina's major work on science and philosophy, and is intended to "cure" or "heal" ignorance of the soul.
Thus, despite its title, it is not concerned with medicine, in contrast to Avicenna's earlier The Canon of Medicine (5 vols.) which is, in fact, medical.
The book is divided into four parts: logic, natural sciences, mathematics (a quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy), and metaphysic