The Life and Times of Avisena

In medieval philosophy, Avisena was a thinker who went out of his way to be original. He deliberately overthrowing centuries of philosophical tradition to forge new Avicenin philosophy. At one point in his career, he even gave this innovative reworking of Aristotelianism a brand name. The circumstances in which Avisena wrote his magisterial healing are characteristic of another aspect of his career.