Biruni and Ibn Sina, a Millennium On

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Abstract This chapter explores the writings of Ibn Sina and Biruni. It clarifies that Ibn Sina and Biruni differed radically in their ways to achieve unity despite having the same goal and hailing from the Samani empire in Central Asia. For example, Ibn Sina disregards diversity, while Biruni devised innovative methods to study diversity and the corresponding geography, culture, and passage of time. The chapter also explains the thinkers' differences with regards to vows on good society and concerns with religious faith. It mentions how Biruni and Ibn Sina created a two-man Renaissance while sharing the conviction that God's Creation is orderly and in conformity with natural laws accessible to human reason.