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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche