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The Theists in general attacked the two previous groups, the Materialists
and the Naturalists, and exposed their defects so effectively that others were
relieved of the task. “And Allah relieved the believers of fighting” (Koran 33,
25) through their mutual combat. Aristotle even attacked predecessor Theistic
philosophers, especially Plato and Socrates, and went so far in his criticisms
that he separated himself from them all. Yet he too retained a residue of their
unbelief and heresy from which he did not manage to free himself. We must
therefore call them unbelievers, both these philosophers and their followers
among the Islamic philosophers, such as Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, and others; in
transmitting the philosophy of Aristotle, however none of the Islamic
philosophers has accomplished anything comparable to the achievements of
the two men named. The translations of others are marked by disorder and
confusion, which confuse the student so much that he fails to comprehend;
and if a thing is not comprehended how can it be either refuted or accepted?
All that is part of the philosophy of Aristotle and falls under three heads: (1)
what must be counted as unbelief; (2) what must be counted as heresy; (3)
and the Naturalists, and exposed their defects so effectively that others were
relieved of the task. “And Allah relieved the believers of fighting” (Koran 33,
25) through their mutual combat. Aristotle even attacked predecessor Theistic
philosophers, especially Plato and Socrates, and went so far in his criticisms
that he separated himself from them all. Yet he too retained a residue of their
unbelief and heresy from which he did not manage to free himself. We must
therefore call them unbelievers, both these philosophers and their followers
among the Islamic philosophers, such as Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, and others; in
transmitting the philosophy of Aristotle, however none of the Islamic
philosophers has accomplished anything comparable to the achievements of
the two men named. The translations of others are marked by disorder and
confusion, which confuse the student so much that he fails to comprehend;
and if a thing is not comprehended how can it be either refuted or accepted?
All that is part of the philosophy of Aristotle and falls under three heads: (1)
what must be counted as unbelief; (2) what must be counted as heresy; (3)