%0 Journal Article %T Ibn Sīnā’s Practical Philosophy %J Religious Inquiries %I University of Religions and Denominations Press %Z 2322-4894 %D 2013 %\ 01/01/2013 %V 2 %N 3 %P 5-27 %! Ibn Sīnā’s Practical Philosophy %K Aristotle %K Avicenna %K Ibn Sīnā %K Fārābī %K Ethics %K neo-Platonism %K plato %K Practical Wisdom %K prophet %K revelation %K virtue %R %X This article is a brief review of Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy. It begins with a discussion of the Platonic, Aristotelian, and Neo-Platonic influences on Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy, as well as the influence of Fārābī and of Islamic religious teachings. The creative synthesis invented by Ibn Sīnā requires a particular view of the relation between religion and philosophy in such a manner that religion shapes the direction of philosophical inquiry, and philosophy opens the way to a more profound and esoteric understanding of religion. %U https://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_6277_bb0311357f822df9f2d0a3bfbc9026dc.pdf