Avicenna’s Psychology English Fazlur Rahman

“Avicenna’s Psychology” is a critical English translation by Fazlur Rahman of the essential psychological section (Book II, Chapter VI) of Ibn Sīnā’s (Avicenna’s) philosophical compendium, Kitāb al-Najāt (The Book of Salvation). This seminal work is a concise yet comprehensive summary of Avicenna’s detailed philosophy of the soul (Nafs), covering the nature and functions of the vegetative, animal, and human souls, the internal and external senses, and the degrees of the Intellect. Rahman’s edition provides not just a translation, but also valuable historico-philosophical notes and textual improvements on the Cairo edition, making it an indispensable resource for scholars studying classical Islamic philosophy, medieval psychology, and Avicenna’s metaphysics of mind.