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Quotation from The Canon of Medicine, Book I by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
“the movement is for the benefit of the body, and the music is for the benefit of the mind.”
The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 3, Thesis 1, para. 698, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930)
On strengthening the infant by gentle rocking and by humming or song as it is laid in the cradle.
Citation: "the movement is for the benefit of the body, and the music is for the benefit of the mind." — Ibn Sina (Avicenna), The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 3, Thesis 1, para. 698, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930). (id avicenna-canon-of-medicine-book-i-q3)
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