1632: Ibn Sīnā

“The Necessary Existent must be one in [its] entirety… and one in number…”

“The true nature of the Necessary Existent can in no manner be shared by another.”

“The existence of the Necessary Existent cannot at all be a composite, [deriving] from multiplicity.”

“That the Necessary Existent has no cause is obvious.”

“He must… look attentively as to whether he will affirm that he exists… He will not have doubts about whether or not to do so.”

“There is no doubt that he would affirm his own existence, although not affirming the reality of any of his limbs…”

“Medicine is the science that teaches us the conditions of the human body, in terms of what is healthy and what is not.”

“The goal is to protect health when it exists and recover it when it is lost.”

“Hence, all things other than the One Necessary Existent are, in themselves, false.”

“The statements most deserving of being [called] true are those whose truth is permanent…”

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