In the 11th century, the influence of philosophy expanded at all levels with Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina (d. 1037). He achieved a decisive synthesis of Neoplatonism (which was already implanted in extremist Shi'ism and Gnostic Sufism) and a genuine understanding ...

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