Avicenna / Ibn Sīnā Simulacrum
The Flying Man
10th–11th century
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Imagine you are created in an instant — fully formed, fully rational — floating in void, no sensation of any kind. Would you still know you exist? Yes. The awareness of existence requires no sensory evidence. What are you certain of?
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- The Flying Man
- Kitāb al-Shifāʾ
- Essence and Existence
- The Soul Without a Body
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