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“Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.”

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Avicenna

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was one of the most prominent philosophers and physicians in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages. Born on August 9, 980, he had a profound impact on later generations. more

“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.”

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“I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.”

Length Short Life Width

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“Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.”

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“Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.”

Grace Holy Creatures Bones Doctrine Offensive Skeletons Holy Life

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