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Ḥikmat-i ʿAlāʾī حكمة علائي Avicenna ابن سينا [‎272r] (28/104)

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The record is made up of Ff. 258v-310r. It was created in 1182. It was written in Persian and Farsi. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Persian summary of his own philosophical teachings by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), written for the Kākūyid amir ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyār (علاء الدولة أبو جعفر محمد بن رستم دشمنزيار, reg. ca 1008-1041).

The text is divided into three sections:

  • Logic (علم منطق, ff. 258v-271r);
  • Metaphysics (علم برين, ff. 271v-295v);
  • Physics (علم زيرين و علم طبيعي, ff. 295v-310r).

The text is often known by the title The Book of Wisdom for ʿAlāʾ (دانشنامه علائى).

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Ḥikmat-i ʿAlāʾī حكمة علائي Avicenna ابن سينا
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