Complex sentence: Avicenna's word for a meaning or notion ("ma'na "), was translated by the scholastic logicians as the Latin"intentio"; in medieval logic and epistemology, this is a sign in the mind that naturally represents a thing.
Split into simpler sentences: Avicenna's word for a meaning or notion ("ma'na "), was translated by the scholastic logicians as the Latin"intentio". In medieval logic and epistemology, this is a sign in the mind that naturally represents a thing.