IBN SINA: PHILOSOPHER AND SCIENTIST OF ISLAM (Ibn Sina: Ahli Falsafah dan Saintis Islam)
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Ibn Sina is one of the greatest scholars in world history. He was a brilliant philosopher who synthesized Islamic theology with Aristotelian thought. His most famous philosophical work is ‘The Book of Healing’, a vast encyclopedia that covers logic, physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. He also wrote extensively on Ethics, Psychology, and Metaphysics. His work had a profound influence on the development of Western thought. His ideas were studied by philosophers and scientists for centuries. And he is also known as Ibn Sina in the West, and he has developed many science fields, such as Medicine, Astronomy, Mathematics, Philosophy and psychology and classified hundreds of books in different sciences. His most famous scientific work is The Canon of Medicine, a medical encyclopedia that remained a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries. The Canon covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology and surgery. The methodology of this study adopts a qualitative and historical approach to explore the life, contributions and intellectual legacy of Ibn Sina as a philosopher and scientist. The research involves a comprehensive textual analysis of Ibn Sina’s major works, including The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, focusing on his contributions to logic, metaphysics, ethics, psychology and medicine. A comparative study is conducted to examine how Ibn Sina synthesized and expanded upon the works of predecessors such as Aristotle, al-Kindi and al-Farabi, highlighting his unique integration of Islamic theology with Greek philosophy. The study also contextualizes Ibn Sina’s work within the socio-political and cultural framework of the Islamic Golden Age, exploring the influence of the Samanid Empire and the religious and political dynamics of his time.
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Ibn Sina adalah salah seorang sarjana terbesar dalam sejarah dunia. Beliau adalah seorang ahli falsafah yang cemerlang yang menggabungkan teologi Islam dengan pemikiran Aristotelian. Karya falsafahnya yang paling terkenal adalah ‘Kitab Penyembuhan’, sebuah ensiklopedia yang luas yang merangkumi logik, fizik, matematik dan metafizik. Beliau juga menulis dengan mendalam tentang Etika, Psikologi, dan Metafizik. Karyanya mempunyai pengaruh yang mendalam terhadap perkembangan pemikiran Barat. Idea-idea beliau telah dikaji oleh ahli falsafah dan saintis selama berabad-abad. Beliau juga dikenali sebagai Ibn Sina di Barat, dan beliau telah membangunkan banyak bidang sains, seperti Perubatan, Astronomi, Matematik, Falsafah dan Psikologi, serta mengklasifikasi- kan ratusan buku dalam pelbagai bidang sains. Karya sains beliau yang paling terkenal adalah ‘Canon of Medicine’, sebuah ensiklopedia perubatan yang kekal menjadi teks perubatan standard di dunia Islam dan Eropah selama berabad-abad. Canon merangkumi pelbagai topik, termasuk anatomi, fisiologi, patologi, farmakologi dan pembedahan. Metodologi kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan sejarah untuk meneroka kehidupan, sumbangan dan warisan intelektual Ibn Sina sebagai ahli falsafah dan saintis. Penyelidikan ini melibatkan analisis teks yang komprehensif terhadap karya utama Ibn Sina, termasuk Kitab Penyembuhan dan Canon of Medicine, dengan tumpuan kepada sumbangannya dalam logik, metafizik, etika, psikologi dan perubatan. Kajian perbandingan dijalankan untuk mengkaji bagaimana Ibn Sina menggabungkan dan mengembangkan karya-karya pendahulu seperti Aristotel, al-Kindi dan al-Farabi, dengan menonjolkan integrasi unik beliau antara teologi Islam dan falsafah Yunani. Kajian ini juga meletakkan karya Ibn Sina dalam konteks rangka kerja sosio-politik dan budaya Zaman Keemasan Islam, meneroka pengaruh Empayar Samanid dan dinamik agama serta politik pada zamannya.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JH-2025-1701-03
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