In the heart of the Middle East lies a land whose name echoes through the corridors of history—Iran. With a civilization stretching back over 5,000 years, Iran has given the world philosophy, poetry, ...

The paradox behind recent conflicts is that the communities caught in the fray — Jews, Muslims and Christians — are ...

Al-Nashar described reclaiming Avicenna’s legacy, through the study of philosophy and the arts, as central to the region’s cultural and educational advancement. He called it a “disgrace” that some ...

The question of the influence of Islamic philosophy on Western critical theory is far from being a well-established area of research and not without controversy. It becomes even more controversial ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Avicenna mausoleum is the memorial monument of a famous Iranian philosopher, scientist and physician, which is located in Abu Ali Sina (Avicenns in Persian) square in Hamedan.

"Avicenna has always been prominent in contemporary Iran, both as a major philosopher and scientist," said Adib-Moghaddam, author of Psycho-Nationalism: Global Thought, Iranian Imaginations.

For the Arab philosopher Avicenna, the soul was a fundamental subject, and he dedicated much of his time trying to understand how it works, how it connects to our body and even what happens to it ...

I was rushing past the treasures of the Louvre in Paris, on the way to the “Mona Lisa,” when a painting stopped me in my ...

The teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo (who was influenced by Plato) and the early medieval Islamic Philosopher Avicenna are comprehensively dealt with.