Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.
— Avicenna (Ibn Sina) Medieval

Persian polymath, Canon of Medicine

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From his philosophical writings, possibly discussing logic or metaphysics.

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c. 1020

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Humorous

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