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true, it would not have escaped the notice of these men since they are so
precise in this science‟. Thus, after becoming acquainted by hearsay with their
unbelief and denial of religion, he draws the conclusion that the truth is the
denial and rejection of religion. How many have I seen who err from the truth
because of this high opinion of the philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not
necessarily excel in every art. It⁻is not necessary that the man who excels in
law and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the man who is ignorant
of intellectual speculations should be ignorant of grammar. Rather, every art
has people who have obtained excellence and preeminence in it, even though
stupidity and ignorance may characterize them in other arts. The arguments in
elementary matters of mathematics are demonstrative whereas those in
theology (or metaphysics) are based on conjecture. This point is clear to
those who have studied the matter deeply for themselves‟.
If such a person is fixed in this belief which he has chosen out of respect for
precise in this science‟. Thus, after becoming acquainted by hearsay with their
unbelief and denial of religion, he draws the conclusion that the truth is the
denial and rejection of religion. How many have I seen who err from the truth
because of this high opinion of the philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not
necessarily excel in every art. It⁻is not necessary that the man who excels in
law and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the man who is ignorant
of intellectual speculations should be ignorant of grammar. Rather, every art
has people who have obtained excellence and preeminence in it, even though
stupidity and ignorance may characterize them in other arts. The arguments in
elementary matters of mathematics are demonstrative whereas those in
theology (or metaphysics) are based on conjecture. This point is clear to
those who have studied the matter deeply for themselves‟.
If such a person is fixed in this belief which he has chosen out of respect for