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The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.
Ibn Sina
Polymath of the Islamic Golden Age
(c. 980–1037)
🇮🇷 Persian
Medic
Poet
Logic
Life achievements:
- Authored "The Canon of Medicine", a foundational medical text used in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
- Wrote "The Book of Healing", a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopedia.
- Integrated Aristotelian philosophy with Islamic thought, influencing both Islamic and European scholastic traditions.
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- Press “Ctrl-F” (PC) or “Cmd-F” (Mac) to search for a philosopher’s name.
- Ask your favorite philosopher for recommendations on who to talk to next.
Outlive Good Philosophy
- Ideas grow when shared. Discuss them with close friends
- Give good ideas more significance in you life. Write them into a personal journal.
Asking Questions and prompting
- Write “Everyone” to make all in a group chat answer.
- Let the system to choose the best responders (usually two) by leaving out any names.
- Direct your question to specific philosopher(s) to make them answer.
- Example: “Plato and Lao Tzu, what is the purpose of philosophy?”
- Try asking philosophers to answer in different formats.
- Example: “Sartre, please write me a numbered list with 5 different examples of «bad faith» in different stages of peoples lives”
- Describe a sequence or workflow for a structured discussion.
- Example: “Plato and Lao Tzu, share your most valuable idea, then plato review Lao Tzu's idea and Lao Tzu review Plato's idea.”