Aerial and Respiratory Atmospheres of Avicenna’s Flying Person

Persian philosopher Avicenna (980‒1037) is famous for his thought experiment concerning the flying person,” “floating person” or “person suspended in air.” In this experiment, a person created air state of total sensory deprivation. Scholars have debated centuries what all about. Most scholars interpreted as essentially being about existence soul (al-nafs) its immateriality, substantiality, and self-awareness, well difference between body. my article, I will interpret Avicenna’s totally different manner within atmospheres breathing. reading, carefully examine fact neglected by that flight happens it defines person. With aerial attitude argue not above soul, but al-nafs respiratory self. interpretation person, use Gaston Bachelard’s phenomenologically oriented thinking etymological analysis al-nafs.