Oct 9, 2001 09:39
22 yrs ago
Russian term

po avitsennovski

Russian to English Art/Literary
Ego sochinenie "Suschnost' zhelanii" pokazyvaet shto on po avitsennovski ponimal i suschnost' chelovecheskogo poznania.

There is no hyphen after "po" in the text... I'd be very grateful for any ideas...

Proposed translations

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Avicenna-like

he had an Avicenna-like understanding of human knowledge
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agree Zoya ayoz (X)
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agree Ludwig Chekhovtsov : Да, така е, виж:www.friesian.com/hist-1.htm
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agree Irina Glozman
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agree Brainworks (X)
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neutral ttagir : as follwing Avicenna
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agree artyan : see some examples in the answer below
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like Avicenna (did)

Missing hyphen is definitely a typo =)

JIC, see the reference for info about Avicenna.
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agree artyan
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna) - doctor of doctors

Ibn Sina (Avicenna) - doctor of doctors
http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/ibn_sina/
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Avicenna-like

Below please see the examples, which I found on the web:

... task of making Aristotle intelligible to the Latins through a series of Avicenna-like
paraphrases of the Stagirite's works, in which he shows a thorough ...
www.domcentral.org/study/avicmeta.pdf

... all that was known at the time on urinary lithiasis showing a marked Avicenna-like
Galenism to which the author adds his own observations that show the ...
www.unani.com/medline_ii.htm

However, the first answer is correct, too. I even like it better, given the context. I would say "like Avicenna did" or "the way Avicenna did".

No hyphen after "po" is definitely a typo.

Best regards,

Arthur Balayan
Reference:

as above

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