Avicenna on the Three Faculties From the Canon of Medicine Volume 1 (Laleh Bakhtiar)
Description
ISBN: 9781567449969
Author: Laleh Bakhtiar
Publisher: Great Books of the Islamic World Inc. (1999)
Pages: 98 Binding: Paperback 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25"
Description from the publisher:
Avicenna in his Law of Natural Healing (Canon of Medicine), Lecture 5, describes the three faculties that are referred to in many different ways falls under general physiology. It also contains O. Cameron Gruner’s extensive endnotes. The Faculties include: Divine Spirit/Preserve Species/Preserve Individual Brain/Liver/Heart Intellect/Attraction to Pleasure/Avoidance of Pain Cognition/Affect/Behavior Nervous Energy/Natural Energy/Vital Energy