Avicenna
OriginPersia
Era980
SchoolIslamic
About Avicenna
Wrote over 450 works, the most famous being The Canon of Medicine used in European universities for 600 years. The floating man thought experiment anticipates Descartes by 600 years. Served as vizier and physician to various rulers. His philosophical system reconciled Aristotle with Islamic theology. Died from colic after treating himself unsuccessfully.
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