Physician · 980 – 1037
Avicenna
Little-Known Facts
- He is said to have memorized the Quran by age ten and mastered medicine in his teens.
- Avicenna wrote that he reread Aristotle's Metaphysics forty times before a commentary unlocked its meaning for him.
Myths & Misconceptions
Was Avicenna only a physician?
No. Though famous for medicine, Avicenna was a true polymath who made major contributions to philosophy, logic, metaphysics, astronomy and the natural sciences.