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Quotation from The Canon of Medicine, Book I by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
“Therefore in safeguarding the emotions the health of the mind and body are at the same time maintained.”
The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 3, Thesis 1, para. 733, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930)
The conclusion of the chapter on children's emotions, after Ibn Sina explains that anger heats and despondency dries the body.
Citation: "Therefore in safeguarding the emotions the health of the mind and body are at the same time maintained." — Ibn Sina (Avicenna), The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 3, Thesis 1, para. 733, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930). (id avicenna-canon-of-medicine-book-i-q5)
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