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** This is a distinguished work which stands out from, and above, many of the books and articles which have ben written in this century on Avicenna ( Ibn Sīnā ) ( A. D. 980 – 1037 ).

It has two main features on which its distinction as a major contribution to Avicennan studies may be said to rest: the first is its clarity and readability ; the second is the comparative approach adopted by the author [...].

( Ian Richard Netton, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol.

4, No. 2, July 1994, pp. 263 – 264 )