On The intent and Ends of Anatomy::
- "Anyone who practices anatomy will increase his faith in The God”
Ibn Rushd (Averroes,1125-1189)
- “The intent and ends of anatomy are various : Its end the primary one is an acquaintance with, and an admiration of, the work of the Creator in the human frame: a serious contemplation of the structure of this amazing fabric, of the appropriated figure of the several parts of it, their connections, communications, actions and uses, is one of the strongest of all arguments against atheism: it carries a proof not only of the existence of a Deity, but at the same time of his amazing greatness and wisdom, and leads the observer immediately to the adoration, as well as the acknowledgment, of a God. The glory of the Creator may, therefore, be very justly declared to be the great and primary end of anatomy. The science, treated in this light, may therefore be called philosophical, physical, or theological anatomy, and is highly useful to everyone who studies true wisdom and theology.”
Lorenz Heister (1683-1758)
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