Associations to the word «Avicenna»

Wiktionary

AVICENNA, proper noun. Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath

Dictionary definition

AVICENNA, noun. Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley