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If our opponent does not admit this, we have given a demonstration that a
supra-rational sphere is possible, indeed that it actually exists. If however, he
admits our disputation, he has affirmed the existence of things called
properties with which the operations of reason are not concerned at all;
indeed, reason almost denies them and judges them absurd. For instance, the
weight of a danig (about eight grains) of opium is a deadly poison, freezing
the blood in the veins through its excess of cold. The man who claims a
knowledge of physics considers that when a composite substance becomes
cold it always does so through the two elements of water and earth, since
these are the cold elements. It is well-known, however, that many pounds of
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on al-
ghazali.org. Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the
book
that was written in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
water and earth are not productive of cold in the interior of the body to the
supra-rational sphere is possible, indeed that it actually exists. If however, he
admits our disputation, he has affirmed the existence of things called
properties with which the operations of reason are not concerned at all;
indeed, reason almost denies them and judges them absurd. For instance, the
weight of a danig (about eight grains) of opium is a deadly poison, freezing
the blood in the veins through its excess of cold. The man who claims a
knowledge of physics considers that when a composite substance becomes
cold it always does so through the two elements of water and earth, since
these are the cold elements. It is well-known, however, that many pounds of
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on al-
ghazali.org. Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the
book
that was written in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
water and earth are not productive of cold in the interior of the body to the