Avicenna (c.980--1037)

    Caption: "Image of Avicenna (c.980--1037, AKA Ibn Sina), medieval manuscript entitled Subtilties of Truth, 1271." (Slightly edited.)

    Avicenna is a famous Medieval Islamic Aristotelian and, stretching a point, Medieval Islamic astronomer.

    He defended Aristotelian cosmology (see Wikipedia: Avicenna: Natural philosophy).

    Credit/Permission: Anonymous Medieval Islamic artist, 1271 (uploaded to Wikipedia by User:Otfried_Lieberknecht, 2006) / Public domain.
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