A Compendium on the Soul is a spiritual essay that explores the connections between soul and body, and between external stimuli and their inner comprehension. The author focuses on the understanding of perception, where bodily awareness correlates with the immaterial human intellect to form the basis of his philosophy.

Avicenna (980- 1037) was a Persian polymath who is considered one of the most noteworthy doctors, astronomers, thinkers and authors of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine. Avicenna is also known as one of the most influential philosophers of the pre-modern era.