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Engraved portrait of Ibn Sina

980 — 1037

Medicine & Philosophy

Ibn Sina

A system of the world, written as if it could be examined.

An illustrative reconstruction of a polymath's cortex: classification, causality, and the body as evidence.

Illustrative reconstruction. These entries are written to demonstrate the format of a cortex and are not attributed historical quotations.

Recorded thoughts

Name the disease before treating it; a list is the beginning of a cure.

ClassificationMedicineTaxonomy is the first technology of any science.

Causes come in layers. Treat the one you can reach and watch the rest.

CausalityPhilosophyLayered causes demand layered interventions.

The body is an argument that answers back.

EvidenceMedicineObservation corrects doctrine, never the reverse.

Your cortex would look like this.

Except every line would be yours, and the analysis would be about your own mind.

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