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The Dangerous Student as a Young Man

(In continuation to A Tale of a Dangerous Student)
The year was AH 390 (or AD 1000) when the emir of Bukhara, Nuh Ibn Mansur summoned his young and famous court physician.
‘Tell me Ali Husain’ said the emir, ‘how did you learn so much about medicine and the cures for so many diseases?’
‘Why do you ask, [...]


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A Tale of a Dangerous Student

It was in the year 380AH (or 990 AD according to the Christian calendar) that the student lifted his eyes from the book he was reading and asked his teacher.
‘Master’ he said, ‘there is this scholar who says that the world we live in is in constant motion. Could it be true?’
The teacher looked at [...]


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