The philosopher
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
al-ḥakīm · lover of learning · lover of wisdom · the just man · the man of intelligence · the philosopher
in the texts
al-Saʻādah fī falsafat al-akhlāq
An unnamed philosopher-physician credited with the term animal spirit for the vaporous soul; the print does not identify him.
the philosopher called it the animal spirit (rūḥ).
Republic
The type of man ruled by the rational part of the soul, who loves wisdom and truth, whose life and judgement are declared superior to the other two types.
Of our three types of men, which has had the most experience of all the pleasures we mentioned?
And if we should also say that its pleasure and its love were for gain or profit, should we not thus best bring it together under one head in our discourse so as to understand each other when we speak of this part of the soul, and justify our calling it the money-loving and gain-loving part?
There being, then, three kinds of pleasure, the pleasure of that part of the soul whereby we learn is the sweetest, and the life of the man in whom that part dominates is the most pleasurable.