Project Gutenberg 2018-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 489 Avicenna 980 1037 Aboû Alî al-Hosain ibn Abdallâh ibn Sînâ Abou Ali al-Hosain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina Abu ʻAly al-Husayn Ibn ʻAbd Allah ibn Sina Van Dyck, Edward Abbott Dyck, Edward Abbott van 06039840 A Compendium on the Soul Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Compendium on the Soul" by Avicenna is a philosophical treatise written in the early 11th century. The work focuses on the nature of the soul, its faculties, and its relationship with the body, contributing to the fields of philosophy and psychology. Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the soul, referencing various philosophical traditions including Aristotle and Platonic thought. At the start of the text, Avicenna introduces the purpose of his work as an offering to a prince, hoping to secure his patronage. He discusses the importance of understanding oneself as a pathway to understanding the divine, linking this self-knowledge to the faculties of the soul. The beginning also outlines the book's structure, detailing the ten sections that will explore the existence and functions of the soul, the division into its various faculties, and the relationship between body and soul—emphasizing both philosophical and scientific inquiries into the nature of consciousness and perception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Soul B Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 157338 2025-07-23T07:52:25.749009 text/html 156187 2018-11-02T11:28:36 text/html 136467 2025-07-23T07:52:29.244980 application/epub+zip 135302 2025-07-23T07:52:26.417996 application/epub+zip 135302 2025-07-23T07:52:26.070986 application/epub+zip 189212 2025-07-23T07:52:31.438983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167666 2025-07-23T07:52:28.902991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167863 2022-09-26T10:57:17.489653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129692 2025-07-23T07:52:25.408999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130056 2018-11-02T11:28:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18824 2025-07-23T07:52:31.573961 application/rdf+xml 21502 2025-07-23T07:52:26.154017 image/jpeg 2910 2025-07-23T07:52:26.112986 image/jpeg 47104 2018-11-02T11:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 117204 2018-11-02T11:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 117967 2025-07-23T07:52:25.763004 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia