Ibn al-Haytham Quotes (10+)

Enjoy the best Ibn al-Haytham Quotes. Quotations by Ibn al-Haytham (Father of Optics)
Jan 01, 0965 - Jan 01, 1040

The eye is a window to the soul, but also a lens for the mind.

We must test our theories with the rigor of experiments.

Mathematics is the foundation of all true understanding of nature.

Light is the essence of clarity in the physical world.

Visual perception is not an emission from the eye, but an entry into it.

God has not preserved the scientist from error, nor safeguarded science from shortcomings.

I constantly sought knowledge to gain access to closeness to God.

The seeker after truth is the one who suspects his faith in the ancients and questions them.

Truth is sought for its own sake. Finding it is difficult, and the road is rough.

If learning the truth is the scientist's goal... then he must make himself the enemy of all that he reads.

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Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–1040), known as Alhazen, was the pioneer of optics and the scientific method during the Islamic Golden Age.