Giving Meaning and Finding Meaning

Abstract

Avicenna, the great physician, had been driven out of his home town. As they say, a prophet is without honor in his own country, and that also often holds true for a good physician in his own town. Avicenna was traveling toward Baghdad; his fame as a doctor preceded him. Before the Tower of Baghdad, on the banks of the Euphrates, Avicenna saw a huge throng of people standing around a hakim (folk doctor). He was selling pills and potions, applying leeches, and making diagnoses.

Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Bahá‘u’lláh (Founder of the Bahá’í Faith)

Bahá’u’lláh (Founder of the Bahá’í Faith)