Ibn Sina (980-1037) was among the first to realized the profound connection between mental health and physical ailments, recognizing how emotions like fear, anxiety, and sadness could affect the nerves and body.
And to explore the nature of the human soul and self-awareness, he created a famous thought experiment. He asked readers to imagine a person created in mid-air, with no sensory input (no sight, sound, or touch), arguing that even in this state, the person would still have self-awareness, proving the soul exists independently of the body.
So here’s the real question, if everything physical was stripped away, would “you” still remain?
