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As an instance of the mind affecting the body, this philosopher cited the fear that a man might feel crossing a tree-trunk over a gorge. According to tradition, this philosopher illustrated the faculty of “prehension” by putting a wolf within sight of a caged sheep, (15[1])which, though in no danger, died of stress. This philosopher argued that the contingent universe requires a “necessary existent” in a unique proof of the existence (15[1])of God. This philosopher demonstrated the existence of the (*) soul with an “argument from abstraction,” (10[1]-5[1])which considers an adult man who pops into existence and receives (10[1])no data from his senses. That thought experiment (-5[1])is this philosopher’s “Floating Man.” For 10 points, name this Islamic philosopher who authored the philosophical Book of Healing, as well as the Canon of Medicine. (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Avicenna [or ibn Sina]
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