Kitāb al-shifāʾ

Kitāb al-shifāʾ, a voluminous philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia by the Muslim philosopher and physician Avicenna. It treats logic, the natural sciences, psychology, the quadrivium (geometry, astronomy, mathematics, and music), and metaphysics and is a major work of medieval Muslim scholarship.

This article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering.
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Article Title: Kitāb al-shifāʾ
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 19 February 2018
Access Date: February 22, 2025