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In three pages this paper critically examines Ibn Sina’s contributions to philosophy. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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allegory - which was an exclusively Western approach to philosophy - transcended geographical and intellectual boundaries. Ibn Sina was born in Afshanah in a village outside of Bukhara (modern-day
Uzbekistan) (Nasr and Razavi 195). At age five, Ibn Sinas family relocated to Bukhara, which is where he grew physically and intellectually, as he was exposed to many scholarly
ideas from the academicians who were frequent visitors in the family home (Nasr and Razavi 195). A child prodigy, by age 18, Ibn Sina was always an accomplished Islamic
science expert as well as a highly regarded physician (Nasr and Razavi 195). Philosophical mastery was a natural progression on his advanced learning curve. By 21, he had
already authored several years, and in 1002, his devastation over the destruction of his home prompted his journey to the Persian village of Jurjaniyyah, now a part of Qatar (Nasr
and Razavi 195). Ibn Sina also embarked upon a philosophical journey, seeking to synthesize the prominent Western philosophies of his time, such as peripatetic philosophy (rooted in scientific knowledge),
Neoplatonism, Aristotelian concepts with Islamic teachings (Nasr and Razavi 197). He expanded the Platonic art of presenting philosophy in the form of a fictitious narrative (Marenbon 40). His
texts successfully incorporated quantitative and qualitative perspectives (Nasr and Razavi 196). Existentialism may well be rooted in Ibn Sinas theological philosophy (Kennedy-Day 153). He was among the first thinkers
to focus upon the significance of existence and the types of existence. Ibn Sina theorized that Necessary Existence has only essence that substantiates its existence (Kennedy-Day 153). Necessary
Existence is the starting point, from which everything else exists (possible existents); each entity that is created has "a created essence" known as quiddity (Kennedy-Day 153). Mysticism, as perceived
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