the immortality of the rational soul is one of the most important issues of ibn sina’s philosophy and anthropology. he poses many arguments in proving this subject. ibn sina proves the immortality of rational soul by not having relation or position of the intelligible concepts, indefinite power of the rational soul in his actions as well as its needlessness to sensible faculties in some of its ...

Renal Stone is one of the fairly common diseases in all over the world. According to statistics , its prevalence in America is between 10 to 15% (1). Iran and its neighbors such as Turkey and Pakistan locate on stone-making region. The exact prevalence and incidence rates of urinary calculi in Iran are not clear (2). Since a) mortality rate in this disease is not high, b) there is no longer tim...

Ibn Sina (1037 AD), also known as Avicenna in the West, is recognized as one of the forefathers of modern medicine. He was widely accepted as an influential and leading scientific figure of the medieval ages. His book the "Canon of Medicine" collected all aspects of medical knowledge available from ancient Greek and Muslim sources and also added his own. The medical information he collected ran...

These are not the words of a faint hearted poet but of a person that the field of medicine perhaps deems itself indebted to. They were written by Ibn e Sina in his medical poem in a time when medical practices in Europe were speckled with gruesome and agonizing treatments as they were considered at the time. In his words he reflects upon the management of the psychological distress an ailing pe...

Yassamine Bentata, Haddiya Intissar, Karimi Ilham, Benabdellah Nawal, Chemlal Abdeljalil, Redouane Abouqal Department of Nephrology, Medical School of Oujda, University Mohammed the First, Oujda, Morocco Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Medical School University Mohamed V Souissi, Rabat...

Many nations are indebted to Avicenna (Ibn-Sina) for their scientific progressions and civilization. Many countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe have honored Avicenna, the great Persian scientist, by depicting his vignette on their postage stamps. The symbolic value of Avicenna has been chosen to commemorate scientific occasions, achievements and anniversaries, which represents the ul...

the theories concerning the issue of the soul are so various in the history of philosophy. the nature of the soul, its originatedness or eternity and quality of its relationship with the body are the most controversial issues in philosophical and theological discussions. ibn sina, as a peripatetic philosopher, in most of his writings, has accepted the aristotle's views on the originatednes...