Avicenna

By Enrico Livia

Philosophy demands attention. This book invites you to read calmly and offers a clear, structured path -without losing rigor or falling into oversimplification.
From a very young age, Avicenna showed exceptional ability. He was trained in logic, philosophy, and medicine, and that combination made him a unique figure in the intellectual landscape of his time: a physician valuable to rulers and a philosopher capable of building one of the most ambitious systems of knowledge of the Middle Ages.
The Canon of Medicine made him a recognized authority for centuries, showing that his intelligence extended to metaphysics, medicine, and the concrete life of human beings. That fame, however, is only one part of his work, and reducing him to medicine would mean losing its most ambitious dimension: he was one of the great thinkers of Islamic philosophy, capable of posing and answering the hardest questions about being, the soul, and knowledge.
In this book you'll find:

his key ideas explained in their historical contextessence and existence (the possible and the necessary)emanationconsciousnessa look at their impact on later thoughthis reflections on the divine, truth, good and evil, and deatha final section of critiques and open questions to deepen the explorationa guide to sources and recommended readings

This volume is part of the series Complex Philosophy in Simple Terms. Each book can be read on its own, but it also connects with the others within a larger journey that traces Western philosophy from its beginnings to the modern search for meaning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3958LC2
• ISBN13: 9798275417296
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"