Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Medieval Persia Islamic Philosophy
Biography
Persian polymath and physician. One of the most significant figures in the Islamic Golden Age and the father of early modern medicine.
Life Dates
Born: August 22, 980
Died: June 21, 1037
Notable Quotes
"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes."
"An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death."
"The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit."
"Medicine deals with the states of health and disease in the human body."
"The first degree of knowledge is to know oneself."