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authority (taqlid), he is not moved by this argument but is carried by strength
of passion, love of vanity and the desire to be thought clever to persist in his
good opinion of the philosophers with regard to all the sciences.
This is a great drawback, and because of it those who devote themselves
eagerly to the mathematical sciences ought to be restrained. Even if their
subject-matter is not relevant to religion, yet, since they belong to the
foundations of the philosophical sciences, the student is infected with the evil
and corruption of the philosophers. Few devote themselves to this study
without being stripped of religion and having the bridle of godly fear removed
from their heads.
(b) The second drawback arises from the man who is loyal to Islam but
ignorant. He thinks that religion must be defended by rejecting every science
connected with the philosophers, and so rejects all their sciences and
accuses them of ignorance therein. He even rejects their theory of the eclipse
of sun and moon, considering that what they say is contrary to revelation.
When that view is thus attacked, someone hears who has knowledge of such
matters by demonstration. He does not doubt his demonstration, but,
of passion, love of vanity and the desire to be thought clever to persist in his
good opinion of the philosophers with regard to all the sciences.
This is a great drawback, and because of it those who devote themselves
eagerly to the mathematical sciences ought to be restrained. Even if their
subject-matter is not relevant to religion, yet, since they belong to the
foundations of the philosophical sciences, the student is infected with the evil
and corruption of the philosophers. Few devote themselves to this study
without being stripped of religion and having the bridle of godly fear removed
from their heads.
(b) The second drawback arises from the man who is loyal to Islam but
ignorant. He thinks that religion must be defended by rejecting every science
connected with the philosophers, and so rejects all their sciences and
accuses them of ignorance therein. He even rejects their theory of the eclipse
of sun and moon, considering that what they say is contrary to revelation.
When that view is thus attacked, someone hears who has knowledge of such
matters by demonstration. He does not doubt his demonstration, but,