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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.
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?
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.
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?