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in constituting the powers of animals. They hold that even the intellectual
power in man is dependent on that makeup, so that as the makeup is
corrupted, intellect also is corrupted and ceases to exist. Then when a thing
ceases to exist, it is unthinkable in their opinion that the non-existent should
return to existence. So they think that the soul dies and does not return to life,
and they deny the future life of heaven, hell, resurrection, and judgment; they
think that there is no reward for obedience or punishment for sin. With this
limit removed, they give way to a bestial indulgence of their appetites.
They are also irreligious for the basis of faith is faith in Allah and in the Last
Day, and they, though believing in Allah and His attributes, deny the Last
Day.
The third group, the Theists, are the more modern philosophers and include
Socrates, his pupil Plato, and the latter‟s pupil Aristotle. It was Aristotle who
systematized logic for them and organized the sciences, securing a higher
degree of accuracy and bringing them to maturity.
power in man is dependent on that makeup, so that as the makeup is
corrupted, intellect also is corrupted and ceases to exist. Then when a thing
ceases to exist, it is unthinkable in their opinion that the non-existent should
return to existence. So they think that the soul dies and does not return to life,
and they deny the future life of heaven, hell, resurrection, and judgment; they
think that there is no reward for obedience or punishment for sin. With this
limit removed, they give way to a bestial indulgence of their appetites.
They are also irreligious for the basis of faith is faith in Allah and in the Last
Day, and they, though believing in Allah and His attributes, deny the Last
Day.
The third group, the Theists, are the more modern philosophers and include
Socrates, his pupil Plato, and the latter‟s pupil Aristotle. It was Aristotle who
systematized logic for them and organized the sciences, securing a higher
degree of accuracy and bringing them to maturity.