# Ibn Sina (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction

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- Authors: [Peter Adamson](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-adamson)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 978-01-9284-698-3
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2023-07-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this book, Peter Adamson introduces the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sīnā. After describing the historical context in which he lived, what we know of the man, and his surviving works, Adamson discusses the different areas of Ibn Sīnā's thought.