Mysticism in Ibn Sina's School

Drawing on Ibn Sina's writings, scholars' attention has been drawn to the question of whether he can be considered as a theoretician in mystical arena or his writings should be interpreted in a different way. Is Ibn Sina a Peripatetic Philosopher or, as he calls himself, an enlightened philosopher? Can he be call a mystic with a mystical world view? This article first addresses both proponents' and opponents's views as regards Ibn Sina's mysticism. Then we go through his writings to explore whether he has a tendency towards peripateticism, Neoplatonism, or mysticism. After that examing his philosophical and mystical works, we explore whether his has a tendency towards pure rationalism, mysticism, a combination of both or we can see in his scholarly life tendency towards peripatetic philosophy and esotericism. Finally, it is concluded that in addition to being Peripatetic and rationalistic philosopher, he was cognizant of mysticism and esotericism and even he himself was of the type.