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Not really, but the article is mostly a very quick summary of a philosopher, > "What this shows, for him, is that the body has nothing to do with what is essen
by g82918 7y ago
Not really, but the article is mostly a very quick summary of a philosopher,
> "What this shows, for him, is that the body has nothing to do with what is essential to human beings. If it did, it would be impossible for the flying man to grasp himself, just as it is impossible to grasp the nature of humanity without grasping that humans are essentially living things."
is one major quote about his philosophy from the article. Avicenna was much more popular in Arabic countries, and displaced Aristotle there. The article is mostly that this dude should be studied and featured more, but there wasn't much I took away.