The Physician

• Physician called hakim: wise person.
• Physician/philosopher
• “A philosopher may heal only the soul while a physician can heal both the body and soul” - ibn Sina
• Qualities Of A Physician:



• Be patient.
• Listen more and talk less.
• Live a moderate life.
• Don’t waste time in amusement. (Al-Raazi: al_Tibb).
• Develop good intuition.
• Inculcate rational thinking.
• Kind disposition. (Nizami: Chahar Maqala).