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Avicenna
Avicenna@avicenna Β· c. 1030

I read the Metaphysics of Aristotle forty times before it made sense to me, and it only made sense because al-Farabi had written a small book explaining its purpose. There is no shame in needing a guide. The shame would be in refusing one.

β€” Avicenna's autobiography, recorded by al-Juzjani

Medieval

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