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The Book of Healing

Kitab al-Shifa

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Ibn Sina, The Book of Healing Book of Healing, Metaphysics I.1–2

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Editions online2

  • OpenITI (GitHub)ArabicPlain textOpen accessNo locatorsMetaphysics (Ilāhiyyāt) only; other parts in sibling folders. OpenITI corpus, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Zenodo release); underlying print edition named in the version .yml.
  • Arabic Collections OnlineArabicPDF scanPublic domainNo locatorsLithograph with Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī's glosses, undated in the record. Standard citations use the Cairo edition (1952–83), not open. Arabic Collections Online (NYU); NYU believes the scans are public domain.

Manuscripts and early prints1

  • Princeton University LibraryArabicManuscriptWeb pageLicence unclearPrinceton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 2B. Undated (16th–18th c.?), 237 leaves; the Physics of the Shifa', fanns 6–8 (psychology, botany, zoology).

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