Avicenna
980 - 1037
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Biography
Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a Persian polymath who made significant contributions to various fields, including philosophy, medicine, astronomy, and physics. Born in 980 in Bukhara, he displayed exceptional intellect and started studying various subjects at a young age. Avicenna's masterpiece, 'The Canon of Medicine,' became a foundational text in the field of medicine and was used as a standard medical textbook for centuries. His philosophical works, especially 'The Book of Healing' and 'The Book of Salvation,' had a profound impact on Islamic philosophy and later European thinkers.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.
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Medicine is a science from which one learns the nature of the human body, its constitution, and the ways in which it is influenced for good or ill.
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The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.
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Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.
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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.