Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān رسالة حي بن يقظان Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ابن طفيل، محمد بن عبد الملك
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Philosophical novel by the Andalusian physician, astronomer and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī (أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي, d. 1185).
Risālat taqsīm al-ʿulūm رسالة تقسيم العلوم Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the classification of sciences 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). Compare text 52, below (ff. 572r-574v).
Ṭarīqat Ibn Sīnā min Kitāb al-milal wa-al-niḥal طريقة ابن سينا من كتاب الملل والنحل Shahrastānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm شهرستاني، محمد بن عبد الكريم
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Outline of the doctrines of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) extracted from the Book of the Religions and Sects (كتاب الملل والنحل) by Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Aḥmad al-Shahra...
Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط
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Extract on the causes of thunder and lightning from the work on meteorology by Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος, ثيوفراسط, d. ca 287 BC) commonly, as here, misattributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037, see Gu...
Answer to a question posed by an anonymous individual 'on the meaning of the Sufi saying "he who knows the secret of predestination has become an apostate"' (عن معنى قول الصوفية من عرف سر القدر ألحد, f. 369v, lines 14-15) falsely attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن...
al-Risālah al-musammāh bi-al-fayḍ al-ilāhī الرسالة المسماة بالفيض الإلهي Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the classification of phenomena including miracles, inspiration, various forms of magic, talismans and occult sciences arranged according mutual interactions between bodies and souls by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latin...
Risālah al-miʻrājīyah رسالة المعراجية Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the spiritual interpretation of the Prophet Muḥammad's (محمد, d. 632) ascent (معراج) attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) but not appearing in the lists of his works given by near co...
Risālah ilá tilmīdhihi Abī ʻUbayd al-Jūzjānī رسالة إلى تلميذه أبي عبيد جوزجاني Avicenna ابن سينا
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Short epistle on the return of the soul 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) addressed according to the title in the present copy to his student Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al-Jūzjānī (أبو عبيد ع...
Treatise containing definitions of philosophical terms by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq رسالة في علم الأخلاق Avicenna ابن سينا
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Short treatise on ethics by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).