Ibn Sina, known as Avicenna in the West, was a prominent philosopher whose ideas significa

A) Ash'arite Kalam

B) Peripatetic (Mashsha'i) philosophy

C) Mu'tazilite thought

D) Ismaili philosophy

Explanation

Ibn Sina was a leading figure of the Mashsha'i (Peripatetic) school of philosophy in Islam, which was deeply rooted in Aristotelian thought. He, along with Al-Farabi, systematized this philosophical tradition within an Islamic context, often incorporating Neoplatonic concepts.

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Ibn Sina, known as Avicenna in the West, was a prominent philosopher whose ideas significantly influenced both Islamic and Western thought. Which philosophical school did he largely belong to, integrating Aristotelian and Neoplatonic elements with Islamic theology?

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