Avicenna

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and read more

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials.

Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.