It is important to recognize one of

It is important to recognize one of the most influential pioneers in history known in the west by the Latin name, Avicenna. Ibn Sina was a Persian physician who did not only significantly impact medicine but his contributions were also important to philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and to the recent field of psychology. Ibn Sina integrated Aristotelian and Platonian philosophy with Islamic theology and further divided the field of knowledge into theoretical knowledge (i.e. metaphysics) and practical knowledge (i.e. ethics and politics).