1-Parentage and Birth.2-Education.2.1-Elementary Education.2.2-The Isma'ili Call.2.3-Philosophical Training.2.4-Medicine.2.5-logic.2.6-Treatment of Bukhara's Ruler.3-Travels.3.1-Urgench.3.2-Gorgan.3.3-Rey.3.3.1-Beginning of Quarrels.3.4-Hamadan.3.4.1-Ibn Sina's Ministry.3.4.2-Writing the Book of Al-Shifa' (Healing).3.4.3-Death of Shams al-Dawla.3.4.4-Secret Life.3.4.5-Prison.4-Death.5-Writings.5.1-Al-Shifa' (The Book of Healing).5.2-Al-Najat (The Book of Salvation).5.3-Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat.5.4-Kitab al-Insaf.5.5-Other Arabic Writings.6-Works of Ibn Sina in Farsi.7-Philosophical System.8-Mystical Tendencies.8.1-Meeting Abu Sa'id Abu l-Khayr.8.2-Ibn Sina's Mystical Tendencies in the View of Contemporary Scholars.8.2.1-Anne-Marie Goichon.8.2.2-Henry Corbin.8.2.3-Conclusions.9-Medicine.9.1-The Canon of Medicine (al-Qanun fi l-tibb).9.1.1-Commentaries of The Canon.9.1.2-The Prestige of The Canon.9.2-Al-Urjuza fi l-Tibb.9.3-Maqalat fi Ahkam al-Adwiyya al-Qalbiyya.9.4-Other Books.10-Mathematics, Astronomy, and Some Natural Sciences.10.1-Astronomical Verdicts.10.2-Natural Sciences.11-Music.11.1-Features of Ibn Sina's Music.11.2-Ibn Sina and Others.12-Literature, Linguistics, and Works in Farsi.12.1-Mystical Literature.12.2-Language and Linguistics.12.2.1-Poetry and Eloquence.12.2.2-Phonetics.12.3-Works in Farsi.13-References.