The Physician-Philosopher
Ibn Sina
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A Persian physician and philosopher whose Canon of Medicine was taught for centuries, and whose metaphysics shaped both Islamic and Latin thought.
Key work: The Book of Healing
“Medicine is the science by which we learn the various states of the body; in health, when not in health; the means by which health is likely to be lost; and, when lost, is likely to be restored.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
The flying man knows he exists with every sense stilled.
Medicine and metaphysics can share one mind.
Reason and revelation can be argued, not only obeyed.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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